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commonalty

N คนธรรมดา สามัญ  commonalty common people commoner kon-tam-ma-da-sa-man

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMMONALTY

n. 1. The common people. In Great Britain, all classes and conditions of people, who are below the rank of nobility.
The commonalty, like the nobility, are divided into several degrees.
In the United States, commonalty has no very definite signification. It is however used to denote that part of the people who live by labor, and are not liberally educated, nor elevated by office or professional pursuits.
2. The bulk of mankind.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMMONALTY

Com "mon *al *ty, n.; pl. Commonalties. Etym: [Of. communalté; F.communauté, fr. communal. See Communal. ]

 

1. The common people; those classes and conditions of people who are below the rank of nobility; the commons. The commonalty, like the nobility, are divided into several degrees. Blackstone.The ancient fare of our kings differed from that of the commonalty in plenteousness only. Landon.

 

2. The majority or bulk of mankind. [Obs. ] Hooker.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

commonalty

com mon al ty |ˈkämənl -tē ˈkɑmənəlti | noun (treated as pl. the commonalty ) chiefly historical people without special rank or position; common people: a petition by the earls, barons, and commonalty of the realm. the general body of a group. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French comunalte, from medieval Latin communalitas, from Latin communis common, general (see common ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

commonalty

commonalty |ˈkɒmən (ə )lti | noun [ treated as pl. ] (the commonalty ) chiefly historical people without special rank or position, usually viewed as an estate of the realm: a petition by the earls, barons, and commonalty of the realm. the general body of a group: the expression seems to be spreading from teenagers to the broad commonalty. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French comunalte, from medieval Latin communalitas, from Latin communis common, general (see common ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

commonalty

com mon al ty /kɑ́mən (ə )lti |kɔ́m -/名詞 -ties かたく 1 U the ; 単複両扱い 〗一般民衆, 大衆 .2 C 法人 ; 共同体 .