Definitions of commons

1. The House of Commons, or lower house of the British Parliament, consisting of representatives elected by the qualified voters of counties, boroughs, and universities.

2. Provisions; food; fare, -- as that provided at a common table in colleges and universities.

3. A common; public pasture ground.

4. The mass of the people; rations or fare in common; Commons, the House of Commons, in Great Britain and Canada.

5. The lower House of Parliament or House of Commons: common land: food at a common table.

6. The commonalty; lower House of Parliament; foot at a common table.

7. The common people; commonalty.

8. The legislators of the lower house of Parliament; the House of Commons.

9. A company eating at a common table, or the meals so furnished.

10. 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.

11. 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.