commoner

Example Sentences

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One compares her to baseball star Shohei Ohtani, another praises her as a "commoner prime minister".

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

LONDON—It was supposed to be the moment a shamed prince was reduced to humble commoner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

She may have been rich, but Katharine was still a commoner.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2025

Amos, as Cleo McDowell, was his opposite: the slightly bumbling if protective dad of Shari Headley’s Lisa, the commoner Akeem wooed to his family’s great dismay.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2024

I’ve never known another commoner who had the nerve to do that.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone