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| commonality |
the common people, as opposed to those of the upper classes; commonalty. [1/2 definitions] |
| commonalty |
the common people, as opposed to those of the upper classes; commonality. [1/3 definitions] |
| commoner |
one of the common people, as opposed to the aristocracy or the upper classes. |
| gentility |
the quality or state of one who is a member of the upper class. [1/2 definitions] |
| plebeian |
one who is not a member of the upper class; common person. [1/5 definitions] |
| upper crust |
(informal) the most prominent or richest group of people in a society; upper class. |
| Wasp |
such a person who is also considered to be a politically conservative member of the privileged upper class in the United States (often used disparagingly). [1/2 definitions] |
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