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Everyman [ev-ree-man] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- (italics) a 15th-century English morality play.
- (usually lowercase) an ordinary person; the typical or average person.
pronoun
- everybody; everyone.
Origin of Everyman every + man1 Related Words for everyman anybody, people, everybody, generality, masses, populace, Everyman, canaille, rabble, riffraff, ragtag, commonality, bourgeoisie, Everywoman, vulgus Examples from the Web for everyman Contemporary Examples of everyman
Christie may have his faults, but he oozes the everyman persona.
Will Chris Christie Regret His Cowboy Hug?
Matt Lewis
January 5, 2015
You have to be an everyman and chameleon, so that every bit of you is involved in the end.
Martin Amis Talks About Nazis, Novels, and Cute Babies
Ronald K. Fried
October 9, 2014
Ex-sexy elf Orlando Bloom, without even putting on his Legolas weave, turns Justin Bieber-punching everyman.
An Unlikely Hero Blooms in Ibiza: Orlando Bloom Sort of Punches Justin Bieber
Amy Zimmerman
July 30, 2014
At the end of the day, Bloom emerges as an unlikely hero: former sexy elf turned Justin Bieber-punching everyman.
An Unlikely Hero Blooms in Ibiza: Orlando Bloom Sort of Punches Justin Bieber
Amy Zimmerman
July 30, 2014
Still, the tradition of a hero with a younger, or everyman, acolyte stretches back to antiquity.
Holy Homophobia, Batman! A Queer Reading of the Dark Knight
Rich Goldstein
July 26, 2014
Historical Examples of everyman
Do you think for an instant what happens to any man doesnt happen to everyman?
Ward Moore
The Everyman of the Middle Ages was a symbol of what man really was.
Patrick Braybrooke
He is ‘the old mystical tragedian of the Middle Ages, Everyman.’
Patrick Braybrooke
Ruskin’s works, in the “Everyman” library, are supplied at a shilling a volume.
Thophile Gautier
The text is from the 1912 Everyman edition of Tristram Shandy.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Laurence Sterne
British Dictionary definitions for everyman Everyman noun
- a medieval English morality play in which the central figure represents mankind, whose earthly destiny is dramatized from the Christian viewpoint
- (often not capital) the ordinary person; common man
Word Origin and History for everyman n.
name of the leading character in a popular 15c. morality play; from every + man (n.).