men of the people
Champions of commoners
Men of the people are leaders or public figures perceived as understanding and representing ordinary citizens rather than elites.
The phrase suggests someone who shares common values, speaks plainly, and hasn't lost touch with everyday concerns despite holding power: He campaigned as a man of the people, eating at diners and riding the bus.
Often used skeptically when politicians cultivate this image strategically.
- populistAdvocate for ordinary citizens
- common manTypical ordinary citizen
- commonerNon-noble person
- proletarianWage laborer, no capital
- working classManual laborers collectively
salt of the earth · egalitarianism · fellows · grassroots · grass roots movement · advocate · representative · supporters · campaigner · everyman · activist · orator · town hall · public servant · organizer · labor union · tribune · folk hero
men of the peopleelitists
Those claiming superiority
aristocrats · the elite · patricians · blue bloods · plutocrats
men of the peoplehereditary rulers
Sovereigns by birth
monarchs · ruling class · technocrats · courtiers · princelings
people, person, manhood, personal, personally, personality, impersonal, impersonally, populate