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Commoner \Com"mon*er\, n.
1. One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility.
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All below them [the peers] even their children, were
commoners, and in the eye of the law equal to each
other. --Hallam.
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2. A member of the House of Commons.
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3. One who has a joint right in common ground.
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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.
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4. One sharing with another in anything. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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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}.
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6. A prostitute. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Pensioner \Pen"sion*er\, n.
1. One in receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a
dependent.
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The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. --Milton.
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Old pensioners . . . of Chelsea Hospital.
--Macaulay.
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2. One of an honorable band of gentlemen who attend the
sovereign of England on state occasions, and receive an
annual pension, or allowance, of [pounds]150 and two
horses.
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3. [Cf. F. pensionnaire one who pays for his board. Cf.
{Pensionary}, n.] In the university of Cambridge, England,
one who pays for his living in commons; -- corresponding
to commoner at Oxford. --Ld. Lytton.
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