Meanings
nounmere mortal (plural mere mortals)
plural mere mortals
- One who is not a god; a human being.
Show all the gods how even a mere mortal can best Ares's plans and defeat his will
2011, Matthew Stover, Robert E. Vardman, God of War, →ISBN - idiomaticAn ordinary person, without special expertise or status.
If you use computer applications that let you access information from a database system, you're probably a mere mortal.
2014, John Viescas, Michael J. Hernandez, SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL, →ISBN, page xx
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 凡人
- 凡人 (fánrén)ordinary person
Dutch gewone sterveling
- gewone stervelingordinary person
Finnish tavallinen kuolevainen
- tavallinen kuolevainenordinary person
French pauvre mortel, simple mortel
- pauvre mortelordinary person
- simple mortelordinary person
Polish zwykły śmiertelnik
- zwykły śmiertelnikordinary person
Portuguese mero mortal
- mero mortalordinary person
Russian просто́й сме́ртный
- просто́й сме́ртный (prostój smértnyj)ordinary person
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APA
mere mortal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mere%20mortal
MLA
“mere mortal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mere%20mortal. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mere mortal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mere%20mortal.
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