"John Q. Public" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-John Q. Public.ogg
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=John Q. Public}} John Q. Public (uncountable)
  1. (idiomatic) A generic individual; some hypothetical average or ordinary citizen. Tags: idiomatic, uncountable Categories (topical): People, Personifications Related terms: Joe Schmoe (alt: also spelled: Joe Schmo, Joe Shmo, Joe Shmoe) Translations (a generic individual; some hypothetical average or ordinary citizen): Jan Novák [masculine] (Czech), Jan Janssen [Flanders, masculine] (Dutch), Matti Meikäläinen (Finnish), Jean Dupont [masculine] (French), Hans Meier [Austria, Switzerland, masculine] (German), Max Mustermann [masculine] (German), Otto Normalverbraucher [masculine] (German), Mario Rossi [masculine] (Italian), Jan Kowalski [masculine, person] (Polish), Manuel Dos Santos [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), João da Silva [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), José da Silva [masculine] (Portuguese), Zé da Silva [masculine] (Portuguese), Ива́н Ива́нович (Iván Ivánovič) [animate, masculine] (Russian), Marko Marković [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)

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