commonalty
- commonalty
- (Roget's Thesaurus II)
noun
The common people: common (used in plural), commonality, commoner (used in plural), crowd, hoi polloi, mass (used in plural), mob, pleb (used in plural), plebeian (used in plural), populace, public, ruck1, third estate. See OVER.
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commonalty — com mon*al*ty, commonality com mon*al i*ty, n.; pl. {Commonalties}. [OF. communalt[ e]; F. communaut[ e], fr. communal. See {Communal}.] 1. The common people; those classes and conditions of people who are below the rank of nobility; the commons … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
commonalty — index community, populace, population, public Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
commonalty — [käm′ən əl tē] n. pl. commonalties [ME & OFr communalte: see COMMUNAL] 1. the common people; people not of the upper classes 2. a general body or group 3. a corporation or its membership … English World dictionary
Commonalty — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Commonalty >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 commonalty commonalty democracy Sgm: N 1 obscurity obscurity Sgm: N 1 low condition low condition low life low society low company Sgm: N 1 bourgeoisie bourgeoisie … English dictionary for students
commonalty — [ kɒmən(ə)lti] noun [treated as plural] (the commonalty) chiefly historical people without special rank or position, regarded as an estate of the realm. Origin ME: from OFr. comunalte, from med. L. communalitas, from L. communis (see common) … English new terms dictionary
commonalty — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English communalte, from Anglo French comunalté, from comunal communal Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) the common people (2) the political estate formed by the common people … New Collegiate Dictionary
commonalty — /kom euh nl tee/, n., pl. commonalties. 1. Also, commonality. the ordinary people, as distinguished from those with authority, rank, station, etc.; the common people. 2. an incorporated body or its members. [1250 1300; ME < MF comunalte, equiv.… … Universalium
commonalty — noun a) The common people; the commonality b) A group of things having similar characteristics … Wiktionary
commonalty — sb. 1302 B … Oldest English Words
commonalty — com·mon·al·ty || kÉ’mÉ™nltɪ n. simple folk, common people, commonality; society, association; member of an association … English contemporary dictionary