commoner
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Harald had been seen as a down to earth "people's king" who had helped to modernise the monarchy, broken with tradition by marrying a commoner and served as a unifying figure.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
He’s been called a thief, a benefactor, a commoner, a lord, a killer and a hero.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
For all his introspection, Dunk wrongfully justifies his own survival as a transaction — a king-to-be traded for a commoner.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2026
One compares her to baseball star Shohei Ohtani, another praises her as a "commoner prime minister".
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
Proud lords whose houses went back thousands of years made way reluctantly for the balding, frog-faced commoner as he marched past.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
But old resentments—over the burdens that fell on commoners, or how the wealthy and accomplished had been excluded from privileges—shaped grievances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 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
Many Danish and Norwegian royals also send their children to public schools - and it helps that the three heirs to the Nordic thrones have all married commoners.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2024
It’s nice that Goop is generously tossing cake to the commoners by, among other things, featuring worthwhile non-profit organizations such as Women’s Health Access Matters, the Brooklyn Library’s Books Unbanned initiative and The Ocean Cleanup.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2023
Of smallfolk and commoners, she saw no sign, but under the gallery a cluster of lords great and small milled restlessly.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing commoner
Aztec, Maya, and Inca Empires - Introductory
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European Colonization of North America, Lessons 3–5
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