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Recent Examples of commoner
Duncan defied his father’s wishes and broke off an engagement with Lyonel Baratheon’s daughter to marry a commoner, Jaehaerys and Shaera had a traditionally incestuous Targaryen relationship, and Daeron died in battle.
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James Grebey, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
Last week, Andrew spent his first birthday as a commoner in circumstances as degraded as earlier celebrations had been grand.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
In 1959, all eyes were on a young Michiko Shōda, who became the first commoner to marry into the Japanese imperial family with her wedding to Crown Prince Akihito.
—Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026
This idea is particularly demonstrated through Ramza’s relationship with his best friend, a commoner named Delita.
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
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James Grebey, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
Last week, Andrew spent his first birthday as a commoner in circumstances as degraded as earlier celebrations had been grand.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
In 1959, all eyes were on a young Michiko Shōda, who became the first commoner to marry into the Japanese imperial family with her wedding to Crown Prince Akihito.
—Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026
This idea is particularly demonstrated through Ramza’s relationship with his best friend, a commoner named Delita.
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 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
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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
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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
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In Jodie Foster’s satire-cum-thriller, George Clooney plays a Jim Cramer-ish TV finance guru whose bullish promotion of one stock has led desperate prole Jack O’Connell to lose his life savings, leading to a hostage standoff in the TV studio.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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Our everyman is Ben Reilly — played by the incomparable Nicolas Cage, making his live-action television debut — a private investigator who moonlights as the city’s only superhero, the Spider.—
Tracy Brown,
Boston Herald,
15 May 2026
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Yet the very-not-everyman golfers are always within an arm’s length, milling about the grounds like weekend duffers.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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“Commoner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commoner. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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