Meanings
nouneveryboy (plural everyboys)
plural everyboys
- An archetypical ordinary boy.
Ralph Williams, honest, baffled middle-America, was fine as Johnny, the everyboy who feels that shooting people is wrong.
1973, The New York Times Theater Reviews, 1920–
Origin
From every + boy, modelled on earlier everyman.
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everyboy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/everyboy
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “everyboy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/everyboy.
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