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  • English Word Commoner Definition 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.
  • English Word Commoner Definition A prostitute.
  • English Word Commonish Definition Somewhat common; commonplace; vulgar.
  • English Word Commonition Definition Advice; warning; instruction.
  • English Word Commonitive Definition Monitory.
  • English Word Commonitory Definition Calling to mind; giving admonition.
  • English Word Commonly Definition Usually; generally; ordinarily; frequently; for the most part; as, confirmed habits commonly continue through life.
  • English Word Commonly Definition In common; familiarly.
  • English Word Commonness Definition State or quality of being common or usual; as, the commonness of sunlight.
  • English Word Commonness Definition Triteness; meanness.
  • English Word Commonplace Definition Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or observation.
  • English Word Commonplace Definition An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude.
  • English Word Commonplace Definition A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to.
  • English Word Commonplace Definition To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads.
  • English Word Commonplace Definition To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes.
  • English Word Commonplaceness Definition The quality of being commonplace; commonness.
  • English Word Commons Definition The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled classes or nobility; the commonalty; the common people.
  • English Word Commons Definition The House of Commons, or lower house of the British Parliament, consisting of representatives elected by the qualified voters of counties, boroughs, and universities.
  • English Word Commons Definition Provisions; food; fare, -- as that provided at a common table in colleges and universities.
  • English Word Commons Definition A club or association for boarding at a common table, as in a college, the members sharing the expenses equally; as, to board in commons.
  • English Word Commons Definition A common; public pasture ground.
  • English Word Commonty Definition A common; a piece of land in which two or more persons have a common right.
  • English Word Commonweal Definition Commonwealth.
  • English Word Commonwealth Definition A state; a body politic consisting of a certain number of men, united, by compact or tacit agreement, under one form of government and system of laws.
  • English Word Commonwealth Definition The whole body of people in a state; the public.
  • English Word Commonwealth Definition Specifically, the form of government established on the death of Charles I., in 1649, which existed under Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard, ending with the abdication of the latter in 1659.
  • English Word Commorance Definition See Commorancy.
  • English Word Commorancy Definition A dwelling or ordinary residence in a place; habitation.
  • English Word Commorancy Definition Residence temporarily, or for a short time.
  • English Word Commorant Definition Ordinarily residing; inhabiting.