general public



general public (uncountable)

  1. Those members of the public who have no special role in a specific public area, such as an airport, hospital or railway station; there will typically be restrictions on their access.
  2. Members of the public not in the attentive public of any given issue; laypeople.
    • 2012 November 2, Ken Belson, "[1]," New York Times (retrieved 2 November 2012):


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