n. Function: noun
persons without rank or authority or the political estate made up of these FF1C; laws that both the gentles and the commonalty recognized as just FF1E;
Synonyms: commonage, commoners, common men, commune, people, plebeians, plebes, plebs, populace, rank and file, third estate
Related Words: masses, mob, multitude, proletariat, public
Contrasted Words: aristocracy, elite, gentility, nobility; classes, gentry, nobs