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everyman

everyman

English

Noun

everyman ‎(plural everymen)

  1. In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary individual, frequently the protagonist in a parable of some sort.

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Etymology

Perhaps from the Flemish play Elckerlijc (c. 1495) or its English translation Everyman (c. 1520)

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