Com"mon*er (?), n.
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.
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