common person


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Noun1.common person - a person who holds no titlecommon person - a person who holds no title    
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
bourgeois, burgher - a member of the middle class
nobody, nonentity, cypher, cipher - a person of no influence
everyman - the ordinary person
Joe Bloggs, Joe Blow, John Doe, man in the street - a hypothetical average man
layman, layperson, secular - someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
pleb, plebeian - one of the common people
prole, proletarian, worker - a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); "workers of the world--unite!"
rustic - an unsophisticated country person
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I had been ordered to cross to the city in all haste and bring the best physician; I was doing my best; naturally I was running with all my might; the night was dark, I ran against this common person here, who seized me by the throat and began to pummel me, although I told him my errand, and implored him, for the sake of the great earl my master's mortal peril --
The common person interrupted and said it was a lie; and was going to explain how I rushed upon him and attacked him without a word --
Ah, my dear sir, you will see whether a Cavalcanti is to be treated like a common person!" And Andrea, gliding through the court like a black shadow, rushed out through the wicket, leaving his comrades, and even the keeper, lost in wonder.
Then they made it evident that they proposed that he, as a common person below the rank of officer should have the sole and undivided privilege of disposing of the body by dragging it to the water's edge.
My Lady's name is not a name for common persons to trifle with!"
She has a keen interest in writing about issues that plague the common person, and will never turn down a human interest story.
Not only will the common person benefit from this system, businesses planning to add Tesla cars into their operations can rely on the company's convenient (https://www.ibtimes.com/new-tesla-model-x-model-s-get-free-supercharging-again-2810630) Supercharger system.
Summary: New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Pre-filled income tax returns will leverage technology, encourage compliance and make the process of filing declaration less cumbersome for a common person, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said on Saturday.
Since there's no mechanism in Pakistan to regulate prices and to safeguard consumers' interests (like consumer protection boards etc., at least not in practice; I am sure there must be one written somewhere), the common person like me has been adversely affected.
The budget made by the PTI government is meant for the welfare of the common person. Despite difficult circumstances, steps have been proposed to provide relief to public in accordance with the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan,' he added.
Prime Minister housing scheme of Naya Pakistan can play a vital role to revive the economy as spending on construction and infrastructure related projects stimulate 40 allied industries creating jobs and income opportunities for the common person.
According to the citizen, every work, which is in the favor of a common person will take long time and face much more discommodities.