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Tom Joad

Tom Joad noun: a working class man seen as a voice for ordinary people.

Noun

Tom Joad (plural Tom Joads)

  1. A working class man seen as a voice for ordinary people.
    • While he strove to remain what Peter Fonda called the "Tom Joad of our era," he was rivaled only by Arnold Schwarzenegger as the wealthiest man in showbiz.2008, Dennis McDougal, Five Easy Decades: How Jack Nicholson Became the Biggest Movie Star in Modern Times, Turner Publishing Company
    • Rand had become the Tom Joad of the right. One could almost hear her saying: "Wherever there's a fight where rich people can get richer, I'll be there. Wherever there's a regulator beating up on a banker, I'll be there."2012, Gary Weiss, Ayn Rand Nation: The Hidden Struggle for America's Soul, St. Martin's Press

Forms of Tom Joad

pluralTom Joads

Origin of Tom Joad

From the character from the novel The Grapes of Wrath.

Questions about Tom Joad

What does Tom Joad mean?
Tom Joad means a working class man seen as a voice for ordinary people.
What part of speech is Tom Joad?
Tom Joad is a noun.
What is the plural of Tom Joad?
The plural of Tom Joad is Tom Joads.

Words near Tom Joad in the dictionary

  1. Tom Collins
  2. Tom Collinses
  3. Tom Fool's knot
  4. Tom Green County
  5. Tom Groggin
  6. Tom Joad
  7. Tom Jones
  8. Tom Joneses
  9. tom kha
  10. tom kha gai
  11. tom kha kai

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