John Q. Public

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Noun

John Q. Public (uncountable)

(idiomatic) A generic individual; some hypothetical average or ordinary citizen.
Even careful safety precautions in the factory do not make it a good place for John Q. Public to wander unattended.

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a generic individual; some hypothetical average or ordinary citizen

Czech: Jan Novák m
Dutch: Jan Janssen m (Flanders)
Finnish: Matti Meikäläinen (fi)
French: Jean Dupont m
German: Hans Meier m (Austria, Switzerland), Max Mustermann (de) m, Otto Normalverbraucher (de) m
Italian: Mario Rossi m
Polish: Jan Kowalski (pl) m pers
Portuguese: Manuel Dos Santos m (Portugal), João da Silva m (Brazil), José da Silva m, Zé da Silva m
Serbo-Croatian: Marko Marković m
Russian: Ива́н Ива́нович m anim (Iván Ivánovič)

See also

Joe Schmoe (also spelled: Joe Schmo, Joe Shmo, Joe Shmoe)

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