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Joe Citizen

Joe Citizen proper noun: a hypothetical average or generic citizen; the man on the street.

Proper noun

Joe Citizen

  1. (idiomatic) A hypothetical average or generic citizen; the man on the street.

Questions about Joe Citizen

What does Joe Citizen mean?
Joe Citizen means a hypothetical average or generic citizen; the man on the street.
What part of speech is Joe Citizen?
Joe Citizen is a proper noun.

Words near Joe Citizen in the dictionary

  1. Joe Averages
  2. joe blake
  3. joe blakes
  4. Joe Bloggs
  5. Joe Blow
  6. Joe Citizen
  7. Joe College
  8. Joe Dirt
  9. Joe Doakes
  10. Joe Frogger
  11. Joe Froggers

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