🏠 Not royal 🧑 Not a royal person

nonroyal

5.5

A person who is not a member of a royal family

noun
/nɒnˈrɔɪəl/

: no real

The charity event welcomed both royals and nonroyals alike.

Examples

As a nonroyal, she felt out of place at the royal banquet.
And, increasingly as time went on, it drew nonroyals.

Academic text (2006)
He was a well-known author but considered himself just a nonroyal citizen.

Antonyms

royal

497 3.1

Relating to a king or queen and their family

How Royal

sovereign

33 6.8

royal

497 3.1

quasi-royal

8.9

nonroyal

5.5

Surface Forms

nonroyal singular

nonroyals plural

Morphology

nonroyal = nonroyal (transparent) = non + royal

The noun is a straightforward conversion from the adjective 'nonroyal', which itself is transparently formed with the negative prefix 'non-'.

Etymology

Nonroyal combines non- ('not') and royal ('of a king or queen'), so a nonroyal is simply a person who is not a member of the royal family.