Sentences with 'commoner'
Example sentences and phrases with the word commoner and other words derived from it.
• « Colbert was the model of a powerful commoner despised by the nobility: not only was he part of the system that kept the nobility's power in check, but he was a mere merchant's son. »
• « For a philosopher like David Hume, the average commoner (whether a peasant or a member of the poor urban classes) was so steeped in ignorance, superstition and credulity that he had to be controlled and ruled by his betters. »