01 n. One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility.
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One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility.“All below them [the peers] even their children, were commoners, and in the eye of the law equal to each other.” — Hallam.
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A member of the House of Commons.
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One who has a joint right in common ground.“Much good land might be gained from forests . . . and from other commonable places, so as always there be a due care taken that the poor commoners have no injury.” — Bacon.
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4.
One sharing with another in anything.[Obs.]
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5.
A student in the university of Oxford, Eng., who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; -- at Cambridge called a pensioner. Also: pensioner
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A prostitute.[Obs.]