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ordinary citizen
noun as in man in the street
Weak matches
Example Sentences
"I have said before that I am not a magician – I am an ordinary citizen. There are things I know and don’t know. My utmost objective is to gather those with the knowledge and skills to help lift this country."
“From registering to completing my care took me an hour,” said Dr Kariem, who himself went for a medical check-up and joined the queue as an ordinary citizen.
"I am the first ordinary citizen who showed the courage to take this legal step against Sheikh Hasina for her crimes. I will see the case to an end," he told Reuters news agency.
When it comes to the behavior that Biden displayed during the debate, "they do concern me as an ordinary citizen and trained geriatrician because the presidency is a high-risk position and this degree of variability in function poses risks during the positions frequent need for optimal communication and negotiation."
But he pointed out one line they omitted, which reads: "A judge must expect to be the subject of constant public scrutiny and accept freely and willingly restrictions that might be viewed as burdensome by the ordinary citizen."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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