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• n  a person who holds no title
• a  belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
• a  having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual
• s  common to or shared by two or more parties
• s  commonly encountered
• s  being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
• s  of or associated with the great masses of people
• s  of low or inferior quality or value
• s  lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
• s  to be expected; standard

• common man
• common person
• common
• mutual
• usual
• vernacular
• vulgar
• plebeian
• unwashed
• coarse
• rough-cut
• uncouth

• individual
• uncommon

News & Articles

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• 'Student Prince' visits New London playhouse
  Sigmund Romberg's 1920s operetta speaks to a still-contemporary climate of socio-political scandals, this one involving a prince who falls for a commoner and has to weigh Sigmund Romberg's 1920s operetta speaks to a still-contemporary climate of socio-political scandals, this one involving a prince who falls for a commoner and has to weigh matters of the heart against stately duty.matters of the ...
  June 13, 2013 - New Hampshire Union Leader
• WATCH: Women Get Real Deceptive in the Full Trailer for Starz's 'White Queen'
  In Starz's latest period drama series the White Queen , which is based on author Philippa Gregory's best-selling novels, marriage isn't exactly a cake walk. The simple story revolves around young Edward IV ( Max Irons ) who is crowned the King of England, falls in love with a commoner ( Rebecca Ferguson ), and takes her as his queen. As you can imagine, that's a major no-no in the royal world ...
  June 10, 2013 - Zimbio

Quotes

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• Germaine Greer in The Age
  As a Melbourne boy, Irwin should have had a healthy respect for stingrays, which are actually commoner and bigger in southern waters than they are near Port Douglas,Greer said in The Guardian.
• Prem Kumar Dhumal in Reuters India
  He's the son of a farmer,Kumar said by telephone from Shimla, the state capital. "He is a commoner, and although he has risen to the level of the chief minister, he continues to be a commoner."
• King Gyanendra in Boston Globe (registration)
  It was a missed opportunity,says Ghimire of King Gyanendra. "He was a royal but he didn't expect to be king, so he was also a commoner. He could have given a new thrust to the monarchy."