commoner
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- noun
- /ˈkɑːmənər/
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plebeyo
- Do you think love between a noble and a commoner could ever work?
- elites and commoners
- commoners and kings
- nobles and commoners
You notice that there's two bodies, sort of commoners.
- You notice that there's two bodies, sort of commoners.
Examples
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For the first time since 1660, a major member of the royal family who's in line to the throne is marrying a commoner.
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Shouldn't everyone, from commoners to kings, have to obey the same laws?
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Our previous king, a commoner who rose to the throne, was a great man.
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I sometimes dress as a commoner, um, to escape the pressures of palace life.
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The people hurt the most by this... are commoners like them.
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We are, all of us, commoners now.
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Prince Edward married Ann Crook, a commoner and a Catholic.
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The newly crowned King intends to marry a commoner.
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In ancient Egypt, commoners had few opportunities to interact with the images of their gods.
Academic text (2002) -
Many commoners took to the streets to demand their rights in the last election.
Synonyms
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A person who has no title and is an ordinary member of society
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A person from the common people in historical Latin texts
A person from an ordinary family who is not part of the noble class
A person who is not from the rich upper class
Antonyms
How Noble
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Commoner comes from common, which originally meant 'shared' or 'belonging to the people' and is the same root as community. So, a commoner is someone from the general public, not a noble or member of the royal class.