common men
The general populace
Common men refers to ordinary people, especially males, without special rank, privilege, or distinction—the masses rather than the elite.
The phrase often carries democratic or populist overtones, celebrating those who work with their hands or lack aristocratic birth: He styled himself a champion of the common man.
The singular common man typically represents this class as a whole rather than any individual.
- laymanOrdinary untrained person
- workadayOrdinary, not special
- averageArithmetic mean or ordinary
- laypersonNon-specialist or unordained person
- ordinaryStandard, unremarkable
plain folks · folk hero · rank and file · typical · routine · everyman · man on the street · citizen · peasant · artisan · proletariat · salt of the earth · humble · persons · equality · individuals · grassroots · tradesman
common mennobility
Titled ruling class
aristocracy · royalty · nobles · kings · lords
common menclergy
Ordained religious officials collectively
men of the cloth · ecclesiastics · clerics · holy orders · prelates
common, men, commonly, commonness, commoner, commonality, commons, uncommon, uncommonly