nonroyal

alternative non-royal

1. not comparableNot of royal rank or family

   To some degree this business about titles supplanting last names also applies to nonroyal peers, such as your run-of-the-mill dukes.

   1988 January 22, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader

plural nonroyals · alternative non-royal

1. One who is not a royal.

   The controversy mirrors a broader debate about the relevance of monarchy in Europe, as members of the younger generation marry nonroyals with checkered pasts and taxpayers question the expense of maintaining their monarchs’ lifestyles.

   2007 October 14, Victoria Burnett, “Rumblings in Spain Over Royal Family”, in New York Times