commoners

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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

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 • May 15, 2024

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

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2024

While the Italian master depicted commoners lighted by candlelight, Debora’s work illuminates the type of people he grew up with in the Aliso Village housing projects in Boyle Heights.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2024

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