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commoner
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?m?n?(?)/
Etymology 1
common +? -er (“comparative suffix”)
Adjective
commoner
- comparative form of common: more common
Usage notes
- The potential for confusion with use of the noun as an adjective, especially in the UK, makes this form less desirable. It is much less commonly used than "more common".
Etymology 2
From Middle English comoner, comyner, cumuner, equivalent to common +? -er.
Noun
commoner (plural commoners)
- A member of the common people who holds no title or rank.
- (Britain) Someone who is not of noble rank.
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
- All below them [the peers], even their children, were commoners, and in the eye of the law equal to each other.
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
- (Britain, Oxbridge slang) An undergraduate who does not hold either a scholarship or an exhibition.
- (obsolete, Britain, Oxford University) A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; at Cambridge called a pensioner.
- Someone holding common rights because of residence or land ownership in a particular manor, especially rights on common land.
- (obsolete) One sharing with another in anything.
- (obsolete) A prostitute.
Synonyms
- (member of the common people): See Thesaurus:commoner
- (prostitute): See Thesaurus:prostitute
Translations
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roturier
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French roturier.
Noun
roturier (plural roturiers)
- A commoner or plebeian; a person of low rank.
- 1945, Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy:
- He cannot forgive Socrates for his humble origin; he calls him a "roturier," and accuses him of corrupting the noble Athenian youth with a democratic moral bias.
- 1945, Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy:
French
Etymology
From roture +? -ier. Compare Medieval Latin ruptur?rius.
Adjective
roturier (feminine singular roturière, masculine plural roturiers, feminine plural roturières)
- common; not noble
Noun
roturier m (plural roturiers, feminine roturière)
- commoner
Related terms
- roture
Further reading
- “roturier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
roturier From the web:
- what does roturier mean
- what does roturier mean in french
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