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(), n. 1. One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility. All below them [the peers] even their children, were commoners, and in the eye of the law equal to each other. Hallam. 2. A member of the House of Commons. 3. One who has a joint right in common ground. Much good land might be gained from forests . . . and from other commonable places, so as always there be a due care taken that the poor commoners have no injury. Bacon. 4. One sharing with another in anything. [Obs.] Fuller. 5. A student in the university of Oxford, Eng., who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; - - at Cambridge called a pensioner. 6. A prostitute. [Obs.] Shak. スポンサード リンク
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