Usually means: Average person; typical societal member.
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  1. Joe Public: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Joe Public: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Joe Public, Joe public: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. Joe Public: Wiktionary
  5. Joe Public: Dictionary.com
  6. Joe Public (album), Joe Public (band), Joe Public: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Joe Public: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. joe public: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Joe Public: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Joe Public)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) A hypothetical average or generic member of the public; the common man (or person, by extension).

Similar:
John Q. Public, Joe Q. Public, Joe Average, Joe Citizen, Joe Bloggs, average Joe, regular Joe, common man, man on the street, honest John, more...

Opposite:
elite, aristocracy, upper class, bourgeoisie

Phrases:
Joe Q. Public, more...

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Similar:
John Q. Public, Joe Q. Public, Joe Average, Joe Citizen, Joe Bloggs, average Joe, regular Joe, common man, man on the street, honest John, more...

Opposite:
elite, aristocracy, upper class, bourgeoisie

Phrases:
Joe Q. Public, more...



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