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common man

common man noun: an average citizen, in contrast to the social, political or cultural elite.

Noun

common man (plural common men)

  1. An average citizen, in contrast to the social, political or cultural elite.
    • While the common man is holding the brunt of the taxes, there are groups, special-interest groups, that are getting off with paying none.1971, Nevada State AFL-CIO, Proceedings, volume 15, page 98

common man meaning in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Sanskrit

common man in Hindi

the average citizen
आम आदमी ām ādmī

common man in Telugu

the average citizen
సామాన్యుడు sāmānyuḍu

common man in Kannada

ನಾಡಾಡಿ, ಗಾಳುಮಂದಿ, ಮಂದಿವಾಳ, ಮಂದೆವಳ, ಮಂದೆವಾಳ, ಮಂದ್ಯಾಳ

common man in Sanskrit

a common man
जन्य jánya

Forms of common man

pluralcommon men

Questions about common man

What does common man mean?
Common man means an average citizen, in contrast to the social, political or cultural elite.
What is common man in Hindi?
Common man in Hindi is आम आदमी (ām ādmī). See Common man meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is common man?
Common man is a noun.
What is the plural of common man?
The plural of common man is common men.

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  6. common man
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  8. common marmoset
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Adapted from Wiktionary: common man (page history and authors); common man (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); जन्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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