John Q. Publicnoun
uk/ˌdʒɒn ˌkjuː ˈpʌb.lɪk//ˌdʒɑːn ˌkjuː ˈpʌb.lɪk/US informal UK Joe Publicthe general public:
The government's decision to tax gas and electricity has not been popular with John Q. Public.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Ordinary people
- community
- Essex girl
- folk
- grassroots
- Jane Doe
- Joe Bloggs
- mass
- mass market
- mortal
- multitude
- omnibus
- on the ground idiom
- popular
- popularly
- prole
- the common man idiom
- the general public
- the hoi polloi
- the man/woman in the street idiom
- the man/woman on the Clapham omnibus idiom
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