Definitions for gentleman-commoner

gentleman-commoner gen·tle·man-com·mon·er

Spelling: [jen-tl-muh n-kom-uh-ner]
IPA: /ˈdʒɛn tl mənˈkɒm ə nər/

Gentleman-Commoner is a 18 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 1780 anagrams from letters in gentleman-commoner (-aceeeglmmmnnnoort).

Definitions for gentleman-commoner

noun

  1. (formerly) a member of a class of commoners enjoying special privileges at Oxford University.

Origin of gentleman-commoner

First recorded in 1680-90

Examples for gentleman-commoner

In 1804 he proceeded to Oxford, where he entered in Magdalen College as a gentleman-commoner.

At the age of fifteen he was entered as a gentleman-commoner at Christchurch, Oxford.

The gentleman-commoner “voted the affair d——d slow,” and declined the party altogether in favor of the gamekeeper and a cigar.

Word Value for gentleman-commoner
Scrable

12

Words with friends

17

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