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commoners

NOUN
canaille
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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

The New Forest's National Park's free-roaming ponies, pigs, donkeys and cattle are owned by commoners - people who own or occupy land with ancient rights attached.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2025

While the Italian master depicted commoners lighted by candlelight, Debora’s work illuminates the type of people he grew up with in the Aliso Village housing projects in Boyle Heights.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 15, 2024

It’s nice that Goop is generously tossing cake to the commoners by, among other things, featuring worthwhile non-profit organizations such as Women’s Health Access Matters, the Brooklyn Library’s Books Unbanned initiative and The Ocean Cleanup.

From Salon Nov. 4, 2023

Of smallfolk and commoners, she saw no sign, but under the gallery a cluster of lords great and small milled restlessly.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin




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