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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

commoner Synonyms

commoner

n.

plebeian, bourgeois, bourgeoise, common man, civilian, citizen, peasant, little man, member of the rank and file; see also citizen.

commoner Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • marry: The Duke of Windsor married a commoner, Wallis Simpson.
  • become: He became the first commoner to hold the post in 2000.

Adjective modifier

  • rich: At the time he was described as the richest commoner in England having made his fortune from Soldiering and Coal mining in Durham.
  • much: Much commoner in Southern Badajoz with up to 10 per day seen.
  • other: Here, the edge of the lough is fringed by stands of great fen-sedge along with other commoner swamp types.
  • wealthy: William Russell, a Sunderland banker who bought Brancepeth castle in 1796, was the country's wealthiest commoner.
  • married: Even tho his sisters married commoners, finding a wife for Prince Felipe proved more difficult.
  • first: He became the first commoner to hold the post in 2000.

Modifies a noun

  • migrant: April 11th Just a hint of a little more movement today with the first small flurry of grounded commoner migrants of the week.
  • specie: Unlike the past, many of the records are of common or at least commoner species.
  • cause: Species of this genus are among the six commoner causes of contact dermatitis from woods in France ( Zafiropoulo et al.
  • right: In addition there are Commoners rights owned by a small number of farmers over large parts of the hill.
  • bird: Specially filmed footage of 43 species of our commoner birds.

Noun used with modifier

  • gentleman: In 1635 he became a gentleman commoner at Christ Church, Oxford.
  • fellow: Mr Maurice Scarr, our oldest Fellow Commoner, sadly lost his wife Mabel in November.

Possessives

  • vhusha: Two views of a novice during the second stage of commoners ' vhusha.
  • right: To avoid loss of commoners ' rights, these dwellings would probably have been scattered about the moor.
  • gown: I could get a graduate commoner's gown or an MA gown.

Preposition: of

  • specie: It is the commoner of the two shad species found in British waters.

Preposition: with

  • right: However the interests of commoners with few rights must be protected.