English Reference

Idiom

woman of the people

Meaning

A woman who shows understanding of and sympathy for the concerns of ordinaries, and who has a rapport with and acceptance by them.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“She is a woman of the people who listens to everyone.”

“Because she grew up in this neighborhood, the voters see her as a true woman of the people.”

“Despite her immense wealth and high social standing, she remained a woman of the people, consistently championing the rights of the working class.”

Examples

simple

“She is a woman of the people who listens to everyone.”

contextual

“Because she grew up in this neighborhood, the voters see her as a true woman of the people.”

complex

“Despite her immense wealth and high social standing, she remained a woman of the people, consistently championing the rights of the working class.”

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