everywoman
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of everywoman
1965–70; every + woman, on the model of everyman ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Melissa McCarthy is an everywoman intelligence agent who chooses to go into the field for the first time in this strangely unsung hero of modern comedy.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
That novel, which was published in 2016 in South Korea and four years later in the United States, chronicled the overwhelming sexism faced by a Korean everywoman, with footnotes documenting real-world gender inequality.
From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2022
I always felt that Mercedes, she was our everywoman.
From Salon • Jul. 31, 2022
Relatable in an ordinary, everywoman kind of way is great on a rope line, but it doesn’t get you headlines.
From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2022
When the story initially went viral, Paper Magazine called her the "millennial everywoman" at the heart of the story.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2022
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