commoner
pronunciation
How to pronounce commoner in British English:
UK [ˈkɒmənə(r)]
How to pronounce commoner in American English:
US [ˈkɑmənə(r)]
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- Noun:
- a person who holds no title
Word Origin
- commoner (n.)
- early 14c. (in commoners), from common (adj.).
Example
- 1. After all , already one english king has abdicated for the sake of a commoner .
- 2. She was not born royal she was the daughter of a scottish earl , a commoner , an outsider .
- 3. Perhaps the reason some americans see themselves in commoner kate middleton is because we recognize marriage as an economic game-changer .
- 4. Princess masako might not be the best person to encourage a commoner to enter the royal fray .
- 5. Did a lowly commoner have to reverse himself out of the way when a member of the imperial legions came trotting along in the other direction ?