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commoners

NOUN

canaille

Synonyms

WEAK

masses rabble riffraff unwashed

NOUN

hoi polloi

Synonyms

WEAK

Middle America common people commonality great unwashed huddled masses infrastructure masses multitude plebians proletariat rabble rank and file riffraff the common people the herd the many the masses the multitude the proletariat the working class vulgus

NOUN

proletariat

Synonyms

STRONGEST

lower class

STRONG

peasant proletarian

WEAK

blue-collar workers common people hoi polloi plebians rank and file working stiff

NOUN

rabble

Synonyms

STRONG

commonality crowd drove flock gang gathering herd horde mass masses multitude pack proletariat riffraff ring riot scum throng

WEAK

hoi polloi lower class rank and file

NOUN

riffraff

Synonyms

STRONG

commonality gang gathering mob outcast ring scum trash undesirables vermin

WEAK

dregs of society hoi polloi lower class one-percenters rank and file

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Adam Johnson conjures the watery world of the precolonial Tuʻitonga empire in this fictional saga of sovereigns, warriors, celestial navigators and plucky commoners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

Thank you, Trevor Denman, for bringing the sport of kings to all us commoners.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2025

Ponies, pigs, cattle and donkeys, owned by the New Forest's commoners, are allowed to roam freely on the open forest under ancient rights tied to their properties.

From BBC • May 15, 2024

At the time, this made George one of the first commoners not of royal blood to be given a dukedom.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2024

Political complexity was greatest on Tonga and Hawaii, where the powers of hereditary chiefs approximated those of kings elsewhere in the world, and where land was controlled by the chiefs, not by the commoners.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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