commoner

"The two competitors have the common aim of winning the championship."

"It is common to find sharks off this coast."

"It differs from the common blackbird in the size of its beak."

"While "commoner" is a noun, its adjective form is "common." Here's a sentence using it correctly:

"He dismissed my suggestions as common sense, implying they were too obvious or unoriginal to be valuable." "

"While not directly observable in modern English, the neuter gender in Old English can be seen as a commoner gender, having absorbed many nouns that were originally masculine or feminine. "

"The textbook's chapter on animals used commoner nouns like "dog" and "cat" instead of proper nouns like "Lassie" or "Whiskers." "

"The commoner name for the plant is "wildflower," while the scientific name is Viola tricolor. "

"The construction site became commoner after the chemical spill. "

"The baker, a commoner with flour dusting his apron, smiled warmly at the visiting Duchess. "

"The king waved to the crowd, a mix of nobles in fancy clothes and commoners in simple ones. "

"At Oxford, Tom was a commoner, meaning he had to pay full tuition unlike his scholarship-winning friends. "

""Unlike the scholars on scholarship, John was a commoner at Oxford, paying his tuition and board himself." "

"As a commoner, John had the right to graze his sheep on the village's common land, a privilege passed down through generations of his family who lived in the manor. "

"The students, both the commoner and the scholarship recipient, shared a common desire to succeed in their studies. "