COMMONS
\kˈɒmənz], \kˈɒmənz], \k_ˈɒ_m_ə_n_z]\
Definitions of COMMONS
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The House of Commons, or lower house of the British Parliament, consisting of representatives elected by the qualified voters of counties, boroughs, and universities.
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Provisions; food; fare, -- as that provided at a common table in colleges and universities.
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A common; public pasture ground.
By Oddity Software
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The mass of the people; rations or fare in common; Commons, the House of Commons, in Great Britain and Canada.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The common people; commonalty.
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The legislators of the lower house of Parliament; the House of Commons.
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A company eating at a common table, or the meals so furnished.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The common people, or those who inherit or possess no honours or titles; the lower house of the British Parliament, consisting of the representatives of cities, boroughs, and counties, and commonly called the House of Commons; food provided at a common table, as in colleges, &c.; food. Short commons, stinted fare. Doctors' Commons, in London, a college for the professors of the civil law, where the civilians commoned together.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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In Great Britain, the lower House of Parliament whose members are elected by the people; food provided at a common table; short-commons, insufficient fare; stinted diet; Doctors Commons, in London, a college for the professors of the civil law having a great registry of wills.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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