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commoners

noun as in canaille

noun as in proletariat

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The master-servant relationship from the samurai period has transitioned into the relationship between founding families and their employees, and "historically commoners never fought over the top job".

From BBC

It’s the rich and their influencer pals cosplaying as commoners who eat fast food not because it’s the only restaurant available in their food desert of a neighborhood but because, hey, White Castle is good, actually.

Putting her nudie photos in the pantheon of great art isn't arguing for sexual freedom for all, but framing it as a privilege of the upper echelons of society who can be trusted to handle such provocations, unlike the grubby commoners.

From Salon

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

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

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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