See Also: commoner(dictionary)
commoner(dictionary)
COMMONER(law)
Commoner, Barry(encyclopedia)

commoner (iou)



commoner noun. ME.
[medieval Latin communarius, from communa COMMUNE noun1: see -ER2.]
A citizen, a burgess. ME-M17.
Any of the common people; now, anyone below the rank of peer. LME.
A person who shares in anything. LME-M17.
A member of the House of Commons. Now rare. LME.
A person who has a right of common. LME.
A prostitute. Only in 17.
At some English educational institutions: a student without financial support from his college, paying for his own commons; a student without a college scholarship etc. Cf. PENSIONER 5. E17.
commonership noun the situation of being a commoner E20.