everyboy

English

Etymology

From every +‎ boy, modelled on earlier everyman.

Noun

everyboy (plural everyboys)

  1. An archetypical ordinary boy.
    • 1973, The New York Times Theater Reviews, 1920–:
      Ralph Williams, honest, baffled middle-America, was fine as Johnny, the everyboy who feels that shooting people is wrong.
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