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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

John Q. Public(n.)

  1. the average or typical U.S. citizen.

Origin of John Q. Public:

1935–40

Wiktionary

  1. John Q. Public(Noun)

    A generic individual; some hypothetical average or ordinary citizen.

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