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
The commoners now have to pay for something that you used to be able to share for free.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2024
Kleptocracies with little public support run the risk of being overthrown, either by downtrodden commoners or by upstart would-be replacement kleptocrats seeking public support by promising a higher ratio of services rendered to fruits stolen.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
