Everyman
noun
An ordinary person, representing all normal people.
He is the everyman, facing the same challenges and joys we all face.
Often appears as...
- relatable everyman
- everyman character
noun
A character in a play or a book who represents ordinary people.
The protagonist in the novel was an everyman, through whom the readers could experience the story.
Often appears as...
- everyman protagonist
- everyman in literature
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Literary
noun
The main character in a 15th-century English morality play called 'Everyman'.
In the English play 'Everyman', Death comes to take the life of the everyman.
Often appears as...
- everyman's morality
- everyman's death
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Approving
Academic
noun
An ordinary person, representing all normal people.
He is the everyman, facing the same challenges and joys we all face.
Often appears as...
- relatable everyman
- everyman character
noun
A character in a play or a book who represents ordinary people.
The protagonist in the novel was an everyman, through whom the readers could experience the story.
Often appears as...
- everyman protagonist
- everyman in literature
Usage tips
Literary
noun
The main character in a 15th-century English morality play called 'Everyman'.
In the English play 'Everyman', Death comes to take the life of the everyman.
Often appears as...
- everyman's morality
- everyman's death
Usage tips
Approving
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Universal Identity
The term 'everyman' symbolizes anyone, suggesting widespread commonality.
Despite his fame, he retains an everyman quality.
Pro Tip 2/3No Superpowers
'Everyman' emphasizes an individual's ordinary traits, without exceptional skills.
The story's hero was an everyman devoid of special powers.
Pro Tip 3/3Relatable Struggles
An everyman character faces problems that are easy for the audience to understand and sympathize with.
He played the everyman, dealing with everyday work struggles.
Pro Tip 1/3Universal Identity
The term 'everyman' symbolizes anyone, suggesting widespread commonality.
Despite his fame, he retains an everyman quality.
Pro Tip 2/3No Superpowers
'Everyman' emphasizes an individual's ordinary traits, without exceptional skills.
The story's hero was an everyman devoid of special powers.
Pro Tip 3/3Relatable Struggles
An everyman character faces problems that are easy for the audience to understand and sympathize with.
He played the everyman, dealing with everyday work struggles.
Pro Tip 1/3Universal Identity
The term 'everyman' symbolizes anyone, suggesting widespread commonality.
Despite his fame, he retains an everyman quality.
Pro Tip 2/3No Superpowers
'Everyman' emphasizes an individual's ordinary traits, without exceptional skills.
The story's hero was an everyman devoid of special powers.
Pro Tip 3/3Relatable Struggles
An everyman character faces problems that are easy for the audience to understand and sympathize with.
He played the everyman, dealing with everyday work struggles.
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Sam Richards: A radical...
And this man, he's everyman -- your grandfather, your uncle, your father, your son, your neighbor, your professor, your student. Once a life of happiness and joy and suddenly, pain and sorrow.
Video examples
Sam Richards: A radical...
And this man, he's everyman -- your grandfather, your uncle, your father, your son, your neighbor, your professor, your student. Once a life of happiness and joy and suddenly, pain and sorrow.
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Quote examples
Eugene Kennedy
American Psychologist
In April, God speaks to us in the seas whose rhythmic murmuring fills our ears from a long way off. It was in April that the Titanic went down into the deep to lie like a slasher's victim, bleeding the 'debris field' - its passengers' personal possessions, the everyday things of everyman and everywoman - across the ocean's floor.
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Channing Tatum
American Actor
It's a hard thing for me to wrap my mind around the C word: celebrity. Rock stars are celebrities because they're larger than life. As an actor, you have to play the everyman and the everygirl. If you start treating people in the real world like assistants, that's not a good look. But my friends keep me grounded.
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Joey Votto
Canadian Baseball Player
I love talking baseball. I think it's an interesting subject, I think it's something I'm familiar with. It's something I can constantly learn about, I do like talking with the fans and I do like talking with everyman. I really enjoy it.
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Tobias Menzies
English Actor
The success of 'Rome' was in making the history accessible and giving viewers everyman characters through which they can connect to historical figures. It stops the story from being too remote.
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Maren Morris
American Musician
Being the everyman in the writing room helps a lot: you have to be a real collaborator and selfless, and not have ego when you walk in there. That's the antithesis of the artist mentality.
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Jason Bateman
American Actor
I really enjoy playing that everyman part because that part is us, the audience. And you need somebody inside a comedy to tether the absurdity to reality.
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Baiju Bhatt
Indian Businessman
We didn't build Robinhood to make the rich people richer. The mission is to help the everyman, the rest of us.
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Andrew Scott
Irish Actor
I've played all these extreme guys, but playing an everyman type has its own challenges.
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Tim Sweeney
American Businessman
Unity is a kind of engine for the everyman.
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Martin Henderson
New Zealander Actor
I've got to say, I like being the everyman.
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Eugene Kennedy
American Psychologist
In April, God speaks to us in the seas whose rhythmic murmuring fills our ears from a long way off. It was in April that the Titanic went down into the deep to lie like a slasher's victim, bleeding the 'debris field' - its passengers' personal possessions, the everyday things of everyman and everywoman - across the ocean's floor.
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Channing Tatum
American Actor
It's a hard thing for me to wrap my mind around the C word: celebrity. Rock stars are celebrities because they're larger than life. As an actor, you have to play the everyman and the everygirl. If you start treating people in the real world like assistants, that's not a good look. But my friends keep me grounded.
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Joey Votto
Canadian Baseball Player
I love talking baseball. I think it's an interesting subject, I think it's something I'm familiar with. It's something I can constantly learn about, I do like talking with the fans and I do like talking with everyman. I really enjoy it.
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Tobias Menzies
English Actor
The success of 'Rome' was in making the history accessible and giving viewers everyman characters through which they can connect to historical figures. It stops the story from being too remote.
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Maren Morris
American Musician
Being the everyman in the writing room helps a lot: you have to be a real collaborator and selfless, and not have ego when you walk in there. That's the antithesis of the artist mentality.
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Jason Bateman
American Actor
I really enjoy playing that everyman part because that part is us, the audience. And you need somebody inside a comedy to tether the absurdity to reality.
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Baiju Bhatt
Indian Businessman
We didn't build Robinhood to make the rich people richer. The mission is to help the everyman, the rest of us.
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Andrew Scott
Irish Actor
I've played all these extreme guys, but playing an everyman type has its own challenges.
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Tim Sweeney
American Businessman
Unity is a kind of engine for the everyman.
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Martin Henderson
New Zealander Actor
I've got to say, I like being the everyman.
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