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forgotten man
noun
a person no longer in the mind of the general public.
U.S. Politics.the average wage earner, regarded as economically deprived and forgotten or ignored by the federal government during the Great Depression.
Word History and Origins
Origin of forgotten man1
Example Sentences
Tom Hartley is England's forgotten man of 2024.
Sidelined for a year and a half, Gonsolin admits to feeling like a forgotten man this spring.
One of the most lacerating fictional critiques of the American dream remains the song “Remember My Forgotten Man” and its accompanying set piece in Busby Berkeley’s “Gold Diggers of 1933.”
Former Republican strategist Ken Khachigian, who grew up on a Visalia walnut and grape farm, says Trump speaks to the proverbial “forgotten man.”
He was the “antiwar” candidate who promised to bring back torture, the crusader for the “forgotten man” who gave huge tax breaks to the wealthy, the builder of imaginary border walls, nonexistent health care plans and vaporware agreements with foreign tyrants.
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