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   Commoner , n.
   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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   A member of the House of Commons.
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   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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   One sharing with another in anything. [Obs.]
   Fuller.
   
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   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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   A prostitute. [Obs.]
   Shak.
   
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   Pensioner , n.
   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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   One of an honorable band of gentlemen who attend the sovereign of England on state occasions, and receive an annual pension, or allowance, of £150 and two horses.
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   [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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