Definition
An ordinary member of the general public, especially one who lacks special expertise.
In Context
- "Near-synonyms: layman, everyman"
- "Such was the airy way with which, not an illiterate man on the street, but a brilliant woman of the world disposed of a tremendous historical fact."
- ""When do the Olympics begin?" a reporter from a Nagano television station asks me in a man-on-the-street interview."
- "It is not only the man on the street who is characterized by taking one's own system of relevance for granted. This holds true for the expert,...."
Also Said As
- man in the street
- man on the Clapham omnibus
- ;
- Joe Average
- John Q. Public
- layman
- everyman
See Also
- word on the street
- pub test
- vox populi