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Webster 1913 Edition
Commoner
Com′mon-er
,Noun.
1.
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.
2.
A member of the House of Commons.
3.
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.
4.
One sharing with another in anything.
[Obs.]
Fuller.
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
. 6.
A prostitute.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Commoner
COMMONER
, n.1.
One of the lower rank, or common people; one under the degree of nobility.2.
A member of the house of commons.3.
One who has a joint right in common ground.4.
A student of the second rank in the universities in England; one who eats at a common table.5.
A prostitute.6.
A partaker.