| 单词 | john q citizen |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJohn Q. Citizen 1. With following word used as if a surname: (a name given to) a hypothetical ordinary or average person of the specified type or associated with the thing named, as John Q. Citizen, John Q. Public, John Q. Taxpayer, etc. Cf. John Citizen n. at John n. Compounds 1a, Joe Public n. at Joe n.2 Additions.Originally in John Q. Public: see note at the etymology. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > [noun] commonaltyc1300 commonweal?a1400 commonality?c1400 commonwealth1445 weal-public1495 weal1513 society1566 public1621 leviathan1651 community1737 general public1854 collectivity1881 (le) tout Paris1894 John Q.1922 Joe Citizen1932 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun] folkc888 peoplea1325 frapec1330 commona1350 common peoplea1382 commonsa1382 commontya1387 communityc1400 meiniec1400 commonaltya1425 commonsa1500 vulgarsa1513 many1526 meinie1532 multitude1535 the many-headed beast (also monster)1537 number1542 ignobility1546 commonitya1550 popular1554 populace1572 popularya1578 vulgarity?1577 populacya1583 rout1589 the vulgar1590 plebs1591 mobile vulgusc1599 popularity1599 ignoble1603 the million1604 plebe1612 plebeity1614 the common filea1616 the herda1616 civils1644 commonality1649 democracy1656 menu1658 mobile1676 crowd1683 vulgusa1687 mob1691 Pimlico parliament?1774 citizenry1795 polloi1803 demos1831 many-headed1836 hoi polloi1837 the masses1837 citizenhood1843 John Q.1922 wimble-wamble1937 1922 Evening Mail (N.Y.) 10 Aug. 12/3 John Q. Public tells views on the Giants. 1923 Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah) 7 Feb. 3/3 John Q. Public, who always has some business with Mr. Dempsey, never has any trouble getting Jack's ear when the ‘page boys’ go after him. 1924 Manitowoc (Wisconsin) Herald-News 22 Oct. 4/1 Old Uncle John Q. Public went up to Madison to do some calling on the state government this week. 1927 Los Angeles Times 21 July i. 2/7 Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public, whatever they think of Gloria [Swanson] on the screen, didn't enthuse over buying her cast-off eastern furniture. 1930 Rotarian Feb. 12/3 John Q. Hardup, who is worried over unloading a super-stock of neckties. 1947 Denver Post 25 Feb. 16/1 It makes no difference that thousands of plain John Q. Citizens are unable to buy tickets at any price. 1970 G. Sorrentino Steelwork 119 Or it was normalcy the moment he took his position. Mr. Citizen. John Q. Taxpayer. 1999 Maximum PC Mar. 39/3 The end result should be a product that John Q. Sixpack will pick up and actually enjoy. 2006 J. Updike Terrorist iii. 172 Planning it out, putting together the elements—the director, the cast, the sets, the script..—and then socking John Q. Public with it. < as lemmas |
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