noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun

1. 1
   A fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society and how he or she would behave or think, especially in determining negligence; sometimes formulated as "a person of ordinary prudence exercising due care in like circumstances."
2. 2
   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reasonable, person.

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rational

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