commoner

adj
/ˈkɒm.ə.nə(ɹ)/UK/ˈkɑ.mə.nɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English comoner, comyner, cumuner, equivalent to common + -er.

  1. inherited from comoner

Definitions

  1. comparative form of common

    comparative form of common: more common

    • Sunday [train] services were far commoner than in later years.
  2. A member of the common people who holds no title or rank.

  3. Someone who is not of noble rank.

    • All below them [the peers], even their children, were commoners, and in the eye of the law equal to each other.
  4. + 5 more definitions
    1. A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university…

      A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges.

    2. Someone who has a right over another's land. They hold common rights because of residence…

      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

      • 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.
    3. One sharing with another in anything.

    4. A prostitute.

      • O behold this ring / Whose high respect and rich validity / Did lack a parallel; yet for all that / He gave it to a commoner o'th' camp, / If I be one.
    5. a rankless or average player in Tycoon

      a rankless or average player in Tycoon; not the tycoon, rich, poor, or beggar.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at commoner. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01commoner02rank03acting04assuming05arrogant06pride07haughtiness08snobbery09snobby10snob

A definitional loop anchored at commoner. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at commoner

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA