"average Joe" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more average Joe [comparative], most average Joe [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} average Joe (comparative more average Joe, superlative most average Joe)
  1. Hypothetically average or generic individual. Categories (topical): People Translations (typical average person): 白丁 (báidīng) [slang] (Chinese Mandarin), Monsieur Toulemonde (French), Madame Toulemonde (French), le Français moyen (French), Otto Normalverbraucher [masculine] (German), Otto Normalbürger [masculine] (German), streiting [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), zwykły zjadacz chleba (Polish), przeciętny zjadacz chleba [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-average_Joe-en-adj-QpwbGM7g Disambiguation of People: 62 38

Noun [English]

Forms: average Joes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} average Joe (plural average Joes)
  1. (US, informal) Alternative form of Joe Average (“typical average person”) Tags: US, alt-of, alternative, informal Alternative form of: Joe Average (extra: typical average person)
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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