Definitions for commoner
commoner
com·mon·er
Spelling: [kom-uh-ner]
IPA: /ˈkɒm ə nər/
Commoner is a 8 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.
You can make 154 anagrams from letters in commoner (cemmnoor).
Definitions for commoner
noun
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a common person, as distinguished from one with rank, status, etc.
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British.
any person ranking below a peer; a person without a title of nobility.
a member of the House of Commons.
(at Oxford and some other universities) a student who pays for his or her commons and other expenses and is not supported by any scholarship or foundation.
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a person who has a joint right in common land.
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Often, commons. Chiefly New England. a tract of land owned or used jointly by the residents of a community, usually a central square or park in a city or town.
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Law. the right or liberty, in common with other persons, to take profit from the land or waters of another, as by pasturing animals on another's land (common of pasturage) or fishing in another's waters (common of piscary)
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commons, (used with a singular or plural verb)
the commonalty; the nonruling class.
the body of people not of noble birth or not ennobled, as represented in England by the House of Commons.
(initial capital letter) the representatives of this body.
(initial capital letter) the House of Commons.
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commons.
(used with a singular verb) a large dining room, especially at a university or college.
(usually used with a plural verb) British. food provided in such a dining room.
(usually used with a plural verb) food or provisions for any group.
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(sometimes initial capital letter) Ecclesiastical.
an office or form of service used on a festival of a particular kind.
the ordinary of the Mass, especially those parts sung by the choir.
the part of the missal and breviary containing Masses and offices of those saints assigned to them.
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Obsolete.
the community or public.
the common people.
Idioms
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in common, in joint possession or use; shared equally:
adjective
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belonging equally to, or shared alike by, two or more or all in question:
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pertaining or belonging equally to an entire community, nation, or culture; public:
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joint; united:
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widespread; general; ordinary:
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of frequent occurrence; usual; familiar:
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hackneyed; trite.
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of mediocre or inferior quality; mean; low:
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coarse; vulgar:
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lacking rank, station, distinction, etc.; unexceptional; ordinary:
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Dialect. friendly; sociable; unaffected.
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Anatomy. forming or formed by two or more parts or branches:
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Prosody. (of a syllable) able to be considered as either long or short.
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Grammar.
not belonging to an inflectional paradigm; fulfilling different functions that in some languages require different inflected forms:
constituting one of two genders of a language, especially a gender comprising nouns that were formerly masculine or feminine:
noting a word that may refer to either a male or a female:
(of a noun) belonging to the common gender.
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Mathematics. bearing a similar relation to two or more entities.
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of, relating to, or being common stock:
Origin of commoner
First recorded in 1275-1325, commoner is from the Middle English word cominer. See common, -er1
Examples for commoner
The new Queen of Spain, 41-year old Letizia Ortiz, was not just born a commoner, but she was also divorced.
I must make him believe that I prefer a commoner for my son-in-law, or we are all undone with him.
Do you suppose he would have been allowed to marry a commoner?
For the new Queen of Spain, 41-year old Letizia Ortiz, was not just born a commoner, but she was also divorced.
The king feared that had Prince Bertil married a commoner, the royal dynasty's survival would be jeopardised.
How little hope there is in the commoner phases of religion!
Nothing is commoner than the talent and beauty of American girls.
Prince William was hailed as a mould-breaker for marrying a commoner—Kate Middleton—a woman with no noble blood.
Do the Outlook and the commoner imply progress since the Stagirite?
George is the first offspring of a “commoner” in 350 years to become heir to the throne.