everyman
/ˈɛvɹiːˌmæn/
everyman noun: in fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary individual, frequently the protagonist in a parable of some sort.
Noun
everyman (plural everymen)
- In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary individual, frequently the protagonist in a parable of some sort.
- Near-synonyms: man on the street, John Q. Public (see more there)
- In the novels of John Updike, sometimes Rabbit is his own man, and sometimes he is everyman.
- Synonyms:
- man on the street, John Q. Public
everyman meaning in Urdu
everyman in Urdu
- ہرکس و ناکس
Synonyms of everyman
Forms of everyman
| plural | everymen |
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Origin of everyman
Perhaps from the Flemish play Elckerlijc (c. 1495) or its English translation Everyman (c. 1520).
Words formed from everyman
Questions about everyman
- What does everyman mean?
- Everyman means in fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary individual, frequently the protagonist in a parable of some sort.
- What is everyman in Urdu?
- Everyman in Urdu is ہرکس و ناکس. See Everyman meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is everyman?
- Everyman is a noun.
- How do you pronounce everyman?
- Everyman is pronounced /ˈɛvɹiːˌmæn/.
- What is the plural of everyman?
- The plural of everyman is everymen.
Words near everyman in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: everyman (page history and authors); everyman (Urdu Wiktionary) (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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