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Commonalty

The common people; those classes and conditions of people who are below the rank of nobility; the commons.

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Class 76% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Stratum 76% connected

A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds…

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Common 74% connected

Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Common 74% connected

Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.

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Commons 92% connected

The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled classes or nobility; the commonalty; the common people.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Agriculture noun · 86% connection

the class of people engaged in growing food

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Bourgeoisie noun · 86% connection

the social class between the lower and upper classes

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Brotherhood noun · 86% connection

people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity"

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Caste noun · 86% connection

(Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity

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Center noun · 86% connection

politically moderate persons; centrists

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Centre noun · 86% connection

politically moderate persons; centrists

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Craft noun · 86% connection

people who perform a particular kind of skilled work; "he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade"

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Demimonde noun · 86% connection

a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior

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Domain noun · 86% connection

people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world"

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Estate noun · 86% connection

a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Ki…

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Fraternity noun · 86% connection

people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity"

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Labor noun · 86% connection

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

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Labour noun · 86% connection

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

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Market noun · 86% connection

the customers for a particular product or service; "before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it"

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Patriciate noun · 86% connection

members of the patrician class.; "the patriciate regarded patronage of the arts as a moral and social duty."

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Peasantry noun · 86% connection

the class of peasants

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Proletariat noun · 86% connection

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

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Social class noun · 86% connection

people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"

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Admiral noun · 78% connection

A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: common, classes, conditions, rank, nobility.
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Atmospheric condition noun · 78% connection

the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "t…

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Bar noun · 78% connection

Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as,…

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Baron noun · 78% connection

A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and G…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: common, classes, conditions, rank, nobility.
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Budget noun · 78% connection

The annual financial statement which the British chancellor of the exchequer makes in the House of Commons. It comprehends a general v…

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Classically adverb · 78% connection

In the manner of classes; according to a regular order of classes or sets.

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Classification noun · 78% connection

The act of forming into a class or classes; a distibution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common re…

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Closure verb · 78% connection

A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar in effect…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: common, classes, conditions, rank, nobility.
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Commonable adjective · 78% connection

Allowed to pasture on public commons.

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Commoner noun · 78% connection

One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility.

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Composition noun · 78% connection

Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: common, classes, conditions, rank, nobility.
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Conditions noun · 78% connection

the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: common, classes, conditions, rank, nobility.
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Ennoble verb · 78% connection

To raise to the rank of nobility; as, to ennoble a commoner.

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