commoner UK /ˈkɒm.ə.nə(ɹ)/US /ˈkɑ.mə.nɚ/noun 9forms 1 noun9 •A member of the common people who holds no title or rank. •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. — 1827 •a rankless or average player in Tycoon; not the tycoon, rich, poor, or beggar. •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 rightsMuch 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. — 1627 •(UK, historical) A Member of Parliament in the House of Commons. •(UK, historical) One eligible to be a member of the House of Commons.[I]f he be a Commoner of such as is capable of being in the House of Commons, at least, unlesse some Law have disabled him. — 1648 •(UK) A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges. •(no longer used) 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. — 1604 •(no longer used) One sharing with another in anything. formscommoners