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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The third of the traditional social classes; the common people.
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- noun originally The
caste ofcommoners inFrance prior to 1789. - noun by extension The commoners, collectively, in any society.
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- noun the common people
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French
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