commoners

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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

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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2025

Although many commoners converted to Christianity, they held on to many aspects of their pre-Christian life.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz