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Recent Examples of commoner
The princess accompanied her children during the carriage procession of Trooping the Colour wearing an outfit inspired by Eliza Doolittle, the commoner who pretends to be a duchess, in My Fair Lady.
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Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party contends that opening royal status to commoners is just one step down a path that will ultimately lead to the abandonment of patrilineal legitimacy, ultimately discarding the sacred Y chromosome.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
The morning ceremony marked the first time a king's daughter had married a commoner in 400 years.
—Ariana Quihuiz, People.com, 6 May 2025
In one, the Boston commoners Barney and Ann Smith might as well be English nobles for all the red drapery surrounding them.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party contends that opening royal status to commoners is just one step down a path that will ultimately lead to the abandonment of patrilineal legitimacy, ultimately discarding the sacred Y chromosome.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
The morning ceremony marked the first time a king's daughter had married a commoner in 400 years.
—Ariana Quihuiz, People.com, 6 May 2025
In one, the Boston commoners Barney and Ann Smith might as well be English nobles for all the red drapery surrounding them.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commoner
Noun
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So much for plebeians like myself, who tended to plants at a local nursery for minimum wage at 17.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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Its practical function: No one, neither courtier nor plebeian, could stand close to the queen, conspicuous in her splendid isolation.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Instead of following his gut like some unenlightened pleb, Patrick trusts his spleen and his spleen alone.—
Laura Bradley,
Vulture,
13 Aug. 2025
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But because these monsters have yet to develop any fungal armor, runners are susceptible to gunshots, knives, and any other weaponry that would take out your average pleb.—
Lauren Puckett-Pope,
ELLE,
20 Jan. 2023
Noun
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On the one hand, the proletarian contributes every bit of on-the-clock activity to the value of the resulting commodity.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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The song, now considered a protest anthem, is about a social revolution in which French proletarians stand against the ruling class — in this case, an oppressive monarchy.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Redford, who died in his sleep on September 16, was the portrait of a California everyman: golden-haired, handsome, charismatic, and often funny.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
17 Sep. 2025
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If there was any lingering doubt regarding Bob Odenkirk‘s late-career reinvention as a legit everyman action star, Normal handily seals the deal.—
Michael Rechtshaffen,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Commoner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commoner. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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