everyman
/ˈɛvɹiːˌmæn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary individual, frequently the protagonist in a parable of some sort.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Eternal Life is now on my trail / Got my red glitter coffin, man, just need one last nail / While all these ugly gentlemen play out their foolish games / There's a flaming red horizon that screams our names / And as your fantasies are broken in two / Did you really think this bloody road would pave the way for you? / You better turn around and blow your kiss hello to life eternal, angel / Racist everyman, what have you done? / Man, you've made a killer of your unborn son / Crown my fear your king at the point of a gun / All I want to do is love everyone"