来自common, 普通的。

1. In 1959, Akihito broke with imperial tradition by marrying a commoner.

明仁天皇在1959年打破皇室传统，娶了一位平民女子为妻。

2. King Edward Ⅷ abdicated in 1936 to marry a commoner.

国王爱德华八世于1936年退位与一个平民结婚.

3. Tchaikovsky was given a state funeral—the first commoner to be granted this honour.

柴可夫斯基得到了国葬待遇——他是首位获此殊荣的平民。

4. It's only the second time a potential heir to the throne has married a commoner.

一位可能的王位继承人与平民缔结婚约，这种事还只是第二次。

5. Cigarette smoking used to be commoner among affluent people.

吸烟曾经在富人中间更为普遍。