Definition of Commoner

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Commoner

One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility.

A member of the House of Commons.

One who has a joint right in common ground.

One sharing with another in anything.

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.

A prostitute.

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Commoner Quotations

Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession.
W. H. Auden

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.
Samuel Butler

Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
Jean de La Fontaine

Yachts are the closest a commoner can get to sovereignty.
Charles Simonyi

Commoner Translations

commoner in Spanish is plebeyo

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