commoner

Example Sentences

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One compares her to baseball star Shohei Ohtani, another praises her as a "commoner prime minister".

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

When Mette-Marit married into the family as a commoner, her son was already four years old.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

LONDON—It was supposed to be the moment a shamed prince was reduced to humble commoner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Catherine, an upper-middle-class commoner who married into the British royal family in 2011, had also been plagued by rumors about trouble in her marriage during that time.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2024

As we have seen, eponymy in geography is very rare before the naming of America, and America remained an exception in being named after a commoner.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton