noun everyman In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary individual, frequently the protagonist in a parable of some sort. 1
singular noun everyman Everyman is used to refer to people in general. If you say, for example, that a character in a film or book is an everyman, you mean that the character has experiences and emotions that are like those of any ordinary person. 0
noun everyman a medieval English morality play in which the central figure represents mankind, whose earthly destiny is dramatized from the Christian viewpoint 0
noun everyman the ordinary person; common man 0
noun everyman a person or fictional character regarded as representing the human race or the common person 0
