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commoner

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for commoner.

Editorial note

You're lionising a feudal system, where the life of the commoner is meaningless and dangerous, while the nobility is pampered and insulated.

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Quick take

A member of the common people who holds no title or rank.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of commoner gathered in one view.

noun

A member of the common people who holds no title or rank.

noun

(British) Someone who is not of noble rank.

noun

(card games) a rankless or average player in Tycoon; not the tycoon, rich, poor, or beggar.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for commoner.

noun

(card games) a rankless or average player in Tycoon; not the tycoon, rich, poor, or beggar.

noun

Someone who has a right over another's land. They hold common rights because of residence or land ownership in a particular manor, especially rights on common land. eg: centuries-old grazing rights

Example sentences

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You're lionising a feudal system, where the life of the commoner is meaningless and dangerous, while the nobility is pampered and insulated.

2

The commoner kinds of red/green colorblindness, though, are by no means absolute.

3

If he wants to impress us with his originality, then he'll search out ideas that are actually commoner and less interesting.

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Better store it all on site or they'll end up with a feedback loop; if they pump it back down the commoner's pipes.

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For a commoner like me, FB only notify 10% of my friends.

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This is what we call 'civilisation' (possibly with a z, if one is a colonial commoner).

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It is a perfect example of machines helping the commoner.

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This way the executive power remains with the commoner.

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This meant that in many ways an elite charged with a crime would be held to a higher standard than your typical commoner and the punishment may be more aggravated.

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Barry Commoner reported recently (in his book, Science and Survival ) that the burning of fuels has caused the carbon-dioxide content of the earth's atmosphere to rise fourteen percent in the past century.

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Yeah that was kinda my point;)) so basically 386 users get some highly specialized hand-tuned asm optimization whereas arm and amd64 merely get a commoner's gc treatment -- or am I missing something?

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A smart person, though she will obtain it, deserves no more power than the average bloke, just as a nobleman, though he will obtain it, deserves no more power than a commoner.

Quote examples

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C., although that is and was true of every state to my knowledge), I can empathize with the "commoner".

2

Since as a commoner I can't evaluate it any further than this, so boils down to "no formal proofs (although hoped to be fine)", too.

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Alexis de Toqueville in "Democracy in America" found the concern of the commoner for the welfare of the nation to be a key to the success of the American experiment of self-government under law.

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I'm hoping something like a space elevator or magic antigravity machines that will let all the other "innovators" iterate on the shoulders of those first giants, opening up space as a platform for the commoner.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use commoner in a sentence?

You're lionising a feudal system, where the life of the commoner is meaningless and dangerous, while the nobility is pampered and insulated.

What does commoner mean?

A member of the common people who holds no title or rank.

What part of speech is commoner?

commoner is commonly used as noun.