commonalty
[noun]
Synonyms: commonage, commoners, common men, commune, people, plebeians, plebes, plebs, populace, rank and file, third estate

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Contrasted words: aristocracy, elite, gentility, nobility, classes, gentry, nobs
Related Words: masses, mob, multitude, proletariat, public

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commonalty noun. ['kɒmǝn(ǝ)lti] See also prec. ME.
[Old French comunalté from medieval Latin communalitas, from Latin communis: see COMMON adjective, -ALITY.]
1. a. The people of a nation, city, etc.; a community, a body politic. ME-M17.
b. A republic, a democracy. E-M17.

2. The common people. ME.

3. A corporate body. LME.

4. The general body of humankind etc. M16.

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