commoner
noun
com·mon·er
ˈkä-mə-nər 
1
a
: one of the common people
b
: one who is not of noble rank
2
: a student (as at Oxford) who pays for his own board
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a prince who married a commoner
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Maureen loathed that her daughter had married a commoner, and a Jew at that.
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Negar Azimi, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
The first is the secession of the plebeians, where commoners staged a walkout in protest of unfair treatment by the ruling class.
—Phil Kirschner, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Gang plays Cheon-young, a commoner who is enslaved but never relinquishes his dignity.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Nettles is a commoner who manages to tame a wild dragon, known as Sheepstealer.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2024
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Negar Azimi, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
The first is the secession of the plebeians, where commoners staged a walkout in protest of unfair treatment by the ruling class.
—Phil Kirschner, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Gang plays Cheon-young, a commoner who is enslaved but never relinquishes his dignity.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Nettles is a commoner who manages to tame a wild dragon, known as Sheepstealer.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2024
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“Commoner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commoner. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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commoner
noun
com·mon·er
ˈkäm-ə-nər
: one of the common people : a person who is not of noble rank
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