non-noble

Flipping the tables entirely is the non-noble or unsympathetic hero.

Villains vs. antagonists at SF Novelists 2009

Verdi also turns up in the final 45-minute ball scene, in the famous form of a then-unpublished salon waltz to which the Prince dances with Angelica, his nephew's non-noble wife, a reluctant legitimization of the ascendancy of capitalist wealth over hereditary privilege.

Un Ballo Matthew Guerrieri 2008

Verdi also turns up in the final 45-minute ball scene, in the famous form of a then-unpublished salon waltz to which the Prince dances with Angelica, his nephew's non-noble wife, a reluctant legitimization of the ascendancy of capitalist wealth over hereditary privilege.

Archive 2008-05-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008

The code word for "takes place in a city and features non-noble characters and everyday concerns" seems to be "low fantasy."

There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvish-- fjm 2007

Then it stretched to empower non-noble citizens who had distinguished themselves in battle, and the value of sovereignal freedom took on overtones of valor, glory, honor and aristocratic responsibility.

The Three Faces Of Freedom 2008

In using the word churlish to describe feminist behavior he doesn't like, this non-noble man who is admonishing Twisty, BitchPhD et al. is saying "be weaker," or "be less like men," or "be more like the wives and daughters of highly ranking men."

Swá we eác settað be eallum hádum, ge ceorle ge eorle Heo 2006

In using the word churlish to describe feminist behavior he doesn't like, this non-noble man who is admonishing Twisty, BitchPhD et al. is saying "be weaker," or "be less like men," or "be more like the wives and daughters of highly ranking men."

Archive 2006-01-01 Heo 2006

Becoming a mandarin was the only way the child of a non-noble family could escape this cycle of injustice and fear.

Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991

Becoming a mandarin was the only way the child of a non-noble family could escape this cycle of injustice and fear.

Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991

Becoming a mandarin was the only way the child of a non-noble family could escape this cycle of injustice and fear.

WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA CHANG, JUNG 1991