That a mere commoner would have the unmitigated gall to confront her high-and-mighty father with his wrongdoing must rankle her to no end.

A mere commoner?

"His Majesty is much too busy gardening to waste time on a mere commoner representing a mere planet."

Within two generations, the Lima family had risen from mere commoners to the ranks of Portugal's untitled nobility.

I returned to the front door, wondering if I'd be forced to knock like a mere commoner.

The marquess presented her to her next partner, a mere commoner.

There was little presumption of innocence if the suspect was a mere poor commoner.

Among upland streams in the Midwest, the smallmouth bass is king, the green sunfish a mere commoner.

Me, of course, but I'm a mere commoner.

Unused to seeing such contempt in a mere commoner, Derek flushed with anger.