commoner in English dictionary

  • commoner

    Meanings and definitions of "commoner"

    • comparative form of common: more common
    • A member of the common people who holds no title or rank.
    • (UK) Someone who is not of noble rank.
    • (UK, at Oxbridge universities) An undergraduate who does not hold either a scholarship or an exhibition.
    • Someone holding common rights because of residence or land ownership in a particular manor, especially rights on common land.
    • adjective
      comparative form of [i]common[/i]: more common
    • noun
      A member of the common people who holds no title or rank.
    • noun
      (Britain)
      Someone who is not of noble rank.
    • noun
      (Britain, at Oxbridge universities)
      An undergraduate who does not hold either a scholarship or an exhibition.
    • noun
      (obsolete, Britain, Oxford University)
      A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; at Cambridge called a pensioner.
    • noun
      Someone holding common rights because of residence or land ownership in a particular manor, especially rights on common land.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      One sharing with another in anything.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A prostitute.
    • A member of the common people
    • member of the lower house
    • A person who is not of noble rank.
    • noun
      a person who holds no title

    Synonyms of "commoner" in English dictionary

    mortal, soul, common man are the top synonyms of "commoner" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of commoner

    • commoner ( plural  commoners)

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