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Everyone the crown forgot to ennoble, which is statistically almost everyone.
means A person without noble or royal rank, just a regular member of the general population.
from From Latin communis, shared by all, via the medieval idea of those who held the common lands rather than the lord's estate.
House of CommonsNamed because commoners, not nobles, sit there.
Oxbridge slangPlain meals once served on a commoner's allowance.
Legal weightEven monarchs marry commoners now, scandalously normal.