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John Q. Public

American  

noun

  1. the average or typical U.S. citizen.

    an entertainment aimed at Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.
John Q. Public Idioms  

  1. see under John Doe.

Etymology

Origin of John Q. Public

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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