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n. One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility. A member of the House of Commons. One who has a joint right in common ground. One sharing with another in anything. 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.
- A prostitute. One who is entitled with others to the use of a common.
