rule
rulingadjective
The carving shows non-ruling males holding objects that are similar to those held by the ruler.
Some non-ruling women seem to have had great prestige in this society.
We consulted the public and the non-ruling parties before we made our decision.
The title was used by the pharaoh and also by some non-ruling members of the royal family.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Ordinary people
banausic
civil ceremony
commonalty
community
demotic
grassroots
Joe Bloggs
Joe Public
John Doe
John Q. Public
mass market
omnibus
popular
popularly
prole
public
rabble
ruck
the common manidiom
the man/woman in the streetidiom