ALL meanings of commoner
com·mon·er
C c - countable noun commoner In countries which have a nobility, commoners are the people who are not members of the nobility. 3
- noun commoner a person who does not belong to the nobility 3
- noun commoner a person who has a right in or over common land jointly with another or others 3
- noun commoner a student at a university or other institution who is not on a scholarship 3
- noun commoner a person not of the nobility; member of the commonalty 3
- noun commoner at some universities, a student who does not have a scholarship and therefore pays for food (called commons) and other expenses 3
- noun commoner 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. 1
- noun commoner 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) 1
- noun commoner 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. 1
- noun commoner 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. 1
- noun commoner (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. 1
- noun commoner Obsolete. the community or public. the common people. 1
- adjective commoner belonging equally to, or shared alike by, two or more or all in question: common property; common interests. 1
- adjective commoner pertaining or belonging equally to an entire community, nation, or culture; public: a common language or history; a common water-supply system. 1
- adjective commoner joint; united: a common defense. 1
- adjective commoner widespread; general; ordinary: common knowledge. 1
- adjective commoner of frequent occurrence; usual; familiar: a common event; a common mistake. 1
- adjective commoner hackneyed; trite. 1
- adjective commoner of mediocre or inferior quality; mean; low: a rough-textured suit of the most common fabric. 1
- adjective commoner coarse; vulgar: common manners. 1
- adjective commoner lacking rank, station, distinction, etc.; unexceptional; ordinary: a common soldier; common people; the common man; a common thief. 1
- adjective commoner Dialect. friendly; sociable; unaffected. 1
- adjective commoner Anatomy. forming or formed by two or more parts or branches: the common carotid arteries. 1
- adjective commoner Prosody. (of a syllable) able to be considered as either long or short. 1
- adjective commoner Grammar. not belonging to an inflectional paradigm; fulfilling different functions that in some languages require different inflected forms: English nouns are in the common case whether used as subject or object. constituting one of two genders of a language, especially a gender comprising nouns that were formerly masculine or feminine: Swedish nouns are either common or neuter. noting a word that may refer to either a male or a female: French élève has common gender. English lacks a common gender pronoun in the third person singular. (of a noun) belonging to the common gender. 1
- adjective commoner Mathematics. bearing a similar relation to two or more entities. 1
- adjective commoner of, relating to, or being common stock: common shares. 1
- idioms commoner in common, in joint possession or use; shared equally: They have a love of adventure in common. 1
- noun commoner untitled person 1
- noun commoner working-class person 1
- noun commoner An ordinary person, without rank or title. 1
- noun commoner A member of the common people who holds no title or rank. 0
- noun commoner (Britain) Someone who is not of noble rank. 0
- noun commoner (Britain, at Oxbridge universities) An undergraduate who does not hold either a scholarship or an exhibition. 0
- noun commoner (Obsolete (No longer in use)) (Britain, Oxford University) A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; at Cambridge called a pensioner. 0
- noun commoner Someone holding common rights because of residence or land ownership in a particular manor, especially rights on common land. 0
- noun commoner (Obsolete (No longer in use)) One sharing with another in anything. 0
- noun commoner (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A prostitute. 0
- adjective commoner comparative form of common: more common. 0