n. 1. One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility. [ 1913 Webster ]
All below them [ the peers ] even their children, were commoners, and in the eye of the law equal to each other. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A member of the House of Commons. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. One who has a joint right in common ground. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. One sharing with another in anything. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
5. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
6. A prostitute. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]