English Explanatory Dictionary

commonalty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The common people; the commonality.
  2. A group of things having similar characteristics.
  3. A class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank; commoners.
  4. The state or quality of having things in common.
  5. A shared feature.

Pronunciation

kŏm'ənəlti /ˈkɒmənəlti/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commonalty.wav

Word forms

commonalty commonalties

Etymology

From Middle English comunalte, communalte, from Old French comunalté, comunauté (modern communauté), probably from an alteration of communité, from Latin commūnitās. Some senses are influenced by commonality.

Synonyms

canaille commonality commonalty crowd demos everyone general public great unhosed great unwashed herd hoi polloi lower class many masses mob multitude odds and sods peasantry plebs populace proletariat rabble rank and file riffraff third estate trash unwashed unwashed masses working class

Antonyms

aristocracy elite nobility upper class bourgeois middle class professional class
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