COMMONER

Commoner

The terms common people, the masses, or commoners denote a broad social division referring to regular people who are members of neither the nobility nor the priesthood. Since the 20th century the term "common people" has been used in a more general sense to refer to typical members of society in contrast to highly privileged .

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commoner

Noun

  1. A member of the common people who holds no title or rank.
  2. Someone who is not of noble rank.
  3. An undergraduate who does not hold either a scholarship or an exhibition.
  4. A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; at Cambridge called a pensioner.
  5. Someone holding common rights because of residence or land ownership in a particular manor, especially rights on common land.
  6. One sharing with another in anything.
  7. A prostitute.

Adjective

commoner



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