Usually means: Average, typical, representative American citizen.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. John Q. Public: Merriam-Webster
  2. John Q. Public: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. John Q. Public: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. John Q. Public, John Q. Public: Collins English Dictionary
  5. John Q. Public: Wiktionary
  6. John Q. Public: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. John Q. Public: Dictionary.com
  8. John Q. Public: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. John Q. Public: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. John Q. Public: Merriam-Webster

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  1. John Q. Public: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. John Q. Public: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. John Q. Public: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (John Q. Public)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) A generic individual; some hypothetical average or ordinary citizen.

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

Opposite:
anonymous, unknown, private citizen

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

Opposite:
anonymous, unknown, private citizen



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