commoners

NOUN

canaille

Synonyms

WEAK

masses rabble riffraff unwashed

NOUN

hoi polloi

Synonyms

WEAK

Middle America common people commonality great unwashed huddled masses infrastructure masses multitude plebians proletariat rabble rank and file riffraff the common people the herd the many the masses the multitude the proletariat the working class vulgus

NOUN

proletariat

Synonyms

STRONGEST

lower class

STRONG

peasant proletarian

WEAK

blue-collar workers common people hoi polloi plebians rank and file working stiff

NOUN

rabble

Synonyms

STRONG

commonality crowd drove flock gang gathering herd horde mass masses multitude pack proletariat riffraff ring riot scum throng

WEAK

hoi polloi lower class rank and file

NOUN

riffraff

Synonyms

STRONG

commonality gang gathering mob outcast ring scum trash undesirables vermin

WEAK

dregs of society hoi polloi lower class one-percenters rank and file

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Commoners were not allowed to own swans, and noblemen with sufficient land and income would have to ask the monarch for permission, Ms. Barnett said.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2022

Commoners couldn't afford it; they smoked their tobacco in pipes.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2022

Commoners hurling bile, cauliflowers and inelegant language at every preening public figure in their line of sight has always been a vital part of the culture.

From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2020

Rights Commoners must own land which has historic forest rights.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2015

Commoners had to prostrate themselves before high-ranking chiefs.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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