As a proper noun. A name given to: a hypothetical man, esp. a representative of the common or ordinary people. Cf. Jock, n.1
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释义 | society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun] > one of the common people (26) Jackc1390 As a proper noun. A name given to: a hypothetical man, esp. a representative of the common or ordinary people. Cf. Jock, n.1 fellowa1400 A servant or slave (of a specified person); one of the common people. Obsolete. commonerc1400 An ordinary person as distinguished from a member of the aristocracy or upper classes. populara1525 A member of the public; one of the common people. Usually in plural. Obsolete. plebeianc1550 gen. A person not of noble or privileged rank; one of the ordinary people, a commoner. Now usually derogatory: a person of low social status, a… ungentle1562 absol. and as n. Tom Tiler1582 (a generic name for) an ordinary man; (later also) a henpecked husband. roturier1586 A person of low social rank; a commoner; spec. (in pre-revolutionary France) a member of a social class comprising all those not nobles or clergy… vulgarity1646 Used as a mock-title to designate one of the common people. Obsolete. rare. little man1707 (The type of) a man of little wealth or status, an undistinguished and ordinary man; the ‘man in the street’. Cf. little people, n. 2, little guy n.… pleb1795 A member of the ordinary people or working classes; = plebeian, n. 2. Frequently derogatory: an unsophisticated or uncultured person. See also plebs… man of the people1799 a man who comes from or identifies himself with the common people; a working-class man. the man in the street1831 the man in the street (also the man on the street): the ordinary or average man (or, in extended use, person), esp. as distinguished from the expert… snob1831 A person belonging to the ordinary or lower social class; one having no pretensions to rank or gentility. man1860 the man in the street: see street, n. adj.phrases 5; hence in extended use, as the man in the (also a) parlour (pub, bus,etc.). the man on the Claph… oickman1925 A working-class person; a labourer, tradesman, etc. Also gen. as a term of contempt. Cf. oik, n. Subcategories:— woman (5) — born in London (3) — ancient Roman (2) |
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