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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Gang plays Cheon-young, a commoner who is enslaved but never relinquishes his dignity.
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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
Instead, similar to Yasmin, he’s almost constantly befuddled that all his rank and access and riches can’t make the commoners like him.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2024
But there was a lot in Franklin's path from Boston commoner to Enlightenment celebrity to feel good about, and there's a twinkle in his eye on every page.
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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
Instead, similar to Yasmin, he’s almost constantly befuddled that all his rank and access and riches can’t make the commoners like him.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2024
But there was a lot in Franklin's path from Boston commoner to Enlightenment celebrity to feel good about, and there's a twinkle in his eye on every page.
—The Week Us, theweek, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Commoner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commoner. Accessed 26 Nov. 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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