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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