commoner
noun
[ ˈkɒmənə ]
• one of the ordinary or common people, as opposed to the aristocracy or to royalty.
• "this is the story of the commoner who married a king"
• a person who has a right over another's land, e.g. for pasturage or mineral extraction.
• "commoners' centuries-old grazing rights"
• (at some British universities) an undergraduate who does not have a scholarship.
• "a commoner's gown"
Origin:
Middle English (denoting a citizen or burgess): from medieval Latin communarius, from communa, communia ‘community’, based on Latin communis (see common).
common
adjective
• occurring, found, or done often; prevalent.
• "salt and pepper are the two most common seasonings"
Similar:
usual,
ordinary,
customary,
habitual,
familiar,
regular,
frequent,
repeated,
recurrent,
routine,
everyday,
daily,
day-to-day,
quotidian,
standard,
typical,
conventional,
stock,
stereotyped,
predictable,
commonplace,
mundane,
run-of-the-mill,
wonted,
widespread,
general,
universal,
popular,
mainstream,
prevalent,
prevailing,
rife,
established,
well established,
traditional,
traditionalist,
orthodox,
accepted,
in circulation,
in force,
in vogue,
• shared by, coming from, or done by two or more people, groups, or things.
• "the two republics' common border"
• showing a lack of taste and refinement supposedly typical of the lower classes; vulgar.
• "she's so common"
Similar:
uncouth,
vulgar,
coarse,
rough,
unsavoury,
boorish,
rude,
impolite,
ill-mannered,
unladylike,
ungentlemanly,
ill-bred,
uncivilized,
unsophisticated,
unrefined,
philistine,
primitive,
savage,
brutish,
oafish,
gross,
lowly,
low,
low-born,
low-ranking,
low-class,
inferior,
humble,
ignoble,
proletarian,
plebeian,
plebby,
slobbish,
cloddish,
clodhopping,
common as muck,
baseborn,
• (in Latin, Dutch, and certain other languages) of or denoting a gender of nouns that are conventionally regarded as masculine or feminine, contrasting with neuter.
• (of a syllable) able to be either short or long.
• (of a crime) of lesser severity.
• "common assault"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French comun (adjective), from Latin communis .
