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Recent Examples of commoner
Once reserved for aristocrats, these menageries opened to the public in the 17th and 18th centuries; commoners could also attend performances hosted by itinerant showmen who traveled from town to town with exotic species in tow.
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Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
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.
—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 former princess, who is Emperor Naruhito's niece, left Japan's royal family and gave up her royal status in order to marry Komuro — who is a commoner — in 2021.
—Greta Bjornson, People.com, 2 June 2025
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Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
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.
—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 former princess, who is Emperor Naruhito's niece, left Japan's royal family and gave up her royal status in order to marry Komuro — who is a commoner — in 2021.
—Greta Bjornson, People.com, 2 June 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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Raskin pushed for the company to make a computer designed for the everyman and named it the Macintosh, after his favorite variety of apple — a variety that had just about reached its peak.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
12 Sep. 2025
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That might have been cartoonish in another helmer’s hands, yet Wheatley is great with actors, recognizing in Odenkirk a kind of secret weapon: The actor presents as an everyman, but possesses an inner Bruce Willis.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Commoner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commoner. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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