commoners
Example Sentences
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But old resentments—over the burdens that fell on commoners, or how the wealthy and accomplished had been excluded from privileges—shaped grievances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 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
As such, few commoners saw Monday’s highly publicized private jaunt to the boundary between Earth and space as some giant leap for all womankind.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 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
“We do not walk among commoners unless it is unavoidable,” the Prince said.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
