Definition of COMMONER

commoner

Meanings

Plural: commoners

Noun

  • a person who holds no title
  • A member of the common people who holds no title or rank.
  • Someone who is not of noble rank.
  • A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges.
  • Someone who has a right over another's land. They hold common rights because of residence or land ownership in a particular manor, especially rights on common land. eg: centuries-old grazing rights
  • One sharing with another in anything.
  • A prostitute.

Adjective

  • belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
  • having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual

Adjective Satellite

  • common to or shared by two or more parties
  • commonly encountered
  • being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
  • of or associated with the great masses of people
  • of low or inferior quality or value; - Shakespeare
  • lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
  • to be expected; standard

Adj

  • comparative form of common: more common

Origin / Etymology

From common + -er (comparative suffix).

Scrabble Score: 14

commoner is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
commoner is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
commoner is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

commoner is a valid Words With Friends word