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commoner definition

com·moner (-ər)

noun

  1. a person not of the nobility; member of the commonalty
  2. Brit. at some universities, a student who does not have a scholarship and therefore pays for food (called commons) and other expenses

Etymology: ME communer < commun, common

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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