COMMONER Definition & Meaning

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commoner

[ kom-uh-ner ]

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noun

a common person, as distinguished from one with rank, status, etc.
British.
1. any person ranking below a peer; a person without a title of nobility.
2. a member of the House of Commons.
3. (at Oxford and some other universities) a student who pays the cost to dine at the commons and other expenses and is not supported by any scholarship or foundation.
a person who has a joint right in common land.

commoner

/ ˈ��ɒ��ə��ə /

noun

a person who does not belong to the nobility
a person who has a right in or over common land jointly with another or others
a student at a university or other institution who is not on a scholarship

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of commoner¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; common + -er ¹( def )

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He is only concerned about increasing his own wealth, power, and influence, all at the expense of the commoner or anyone else that he can exploit.

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The master-servant relationship from the samurai period has transitioned into the relationship between founding families and their employees, and "historically commoners never fought over the top job".

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Ponies, pigs, cattle and donkeys, owned by the New Forest's commoners, are allowed to roam freely on the open forest under ancient rights tied to their properties.

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Any commoner can bake and send such a treat as a gift and be considered thoughtful.

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Catherine, an upper-middle-class commoner who married into the British royal family in 2011, had also been plagued by rumors about trouble in her marriage during that time.

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