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Definition of Commons
1. Noun. A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area. "They went for a walk in the park"
Specialized synonyms: Amusement Park, Funfair, Pleasure Ground, Village Green
Generic synonyms: Parcel, Parcel Of Land, Piece Of Ground, Piece Of Land, Tract
Group relationships: Populated Area, Urban Area
Specialized synonyms: Central Park
Derivative terms: Common
2. Noun. A pasture subject to common use.
3. Noun. A class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank.
Generic synonyms: Class, Social Class, Socio-economic Class, Stratum
Derivative terms: Common, Common
4. Noun. The common people.
Generic synonyms: Estate, Estate Of The Realm, The Three Estates
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland, France, French Republic
Definition of Commons
1. n. pl. The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled classes or nobility; the commonalty; the common people.
Definition of Commons
1. Proper noun. (politics) The House of Commons, part of the parliament under the Westminister system of parliamentary democracy. ¹
2. Proper noun. (British politics) The House of Commons, part of the parliament of the United Kingdom. ¹
3. Proper noun. (Canada politics) The House of Commons, part of the parliament of Canada. ¹
4. Noun. (plural of common#Noun common) ¹
5. Noun. A dining hall, usually at a college or university. ¹
6. Noun. A central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area, a common. ¹
7. Noun. (figuratively) The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Commons
1. common [n] - See also: common
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commons
Literary usage of Commons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1899)
"Case fuit que tiel forme, Les commons sont ... r'mes a les commons, et 1ls passent
ceo, Les commons sont ... al commons; 4M " Rot. Parl.," vol. iii, p. ..."
2. The Puritans: Or, The Church, Court, and Parliament of England, During the by Samuel Hopkins (1860)
"PETITIONS INTRODUCED IN THE commons. — DR. TURNER'S " BILL AND BOOK ;" REFUSED
BY THE HOUSE. — A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW AND DIGEST THE PETITIONS, ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1907)
"Communs disagreed, upon the ground "that tue Grant of all Aids to the King is by
the commons, and that the Terms, Condition», Limitations, ..."
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