Definition of Commoners

1. Noun. (plural of commoner) ¹

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Definition of Commoners

1. commoner [n] - See also: commoner

Lexicographical Neighbors of Commoners

common wormwood
common year
common years
common yellowthroat
common yellowwood
common zebra
commonable
commonage
commonages
commonalities
commonality
commonalties
commonalty
commoned
commoner
commoners (current term)
commonest
commoney
commoneys
commonhold
commonholds
commoning
commonise
commonised
commonises
commonish
commonising
commonition
commonitions
commonitive

Literary usage of Commoners

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century by Herbert Levi Osgood (1904)
"Divisions of land were confined to commoners, but from time to time additions ... In Haverhill, in 1699, the commoners began to deny applications for free ..."

2. The History of England from the Accession of James II by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Henry Hart Milman (1865)
"The Lords presented their addresses to the Prince CHAP. on the following day, without waiting for the issue of *• the deliberations of the commoners whom he ..."

3. The History of Corpus Christi College: With Lists of Its Members by Thomas Fowler (1893)
"As the College Registers take no cognisance of any persons not on the Foundation, the only official authority for the names of the commoners, or, ..."

4. The Genealogist's Guide by George William Marshall (1893)
"Burke's commoners, iii. 471, Landed Gentry, 2, 3, 4, 5. ... Burke's commoners, iv. 256, Landed Gentry, 2, 5, 6 and supp. Burke's Patrician, iv. 481. ..."

5. A History of Winchester College by Arthur Francis Leach (1899)
"commoners, on the other hand, suffered from its old- fashioned accommodation. Old commoners was picturesque enough; but from Mr. Adams1 vivacious ..."

6. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1892)
"... in my almanacks that license was given to gent, commoners and commoners to weare silk and mo-haire round caps to distinguish them from ..."

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