Meaning of member of the public | Babel Free

Definitions

A regular or normal citizen, as opposed to an official or agent acting in an official capacity.

Examples

“The average member of the public has only a vague idea of the wide-ranging integration of effort needed to put on an intensive train service like the Southern's and run it with so high a degree of safety and reliability.”

“There was an easy charm to Stars in Their Eyes – inspired by the Dutch series Soundmixshow – in that a member of the public was lifted from their day job, given a makeover to sing their song on stage to a huge television audience, and then... normal life resumed.”

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