Webster's 1828 Dictionary
COMMONS
n.plu. 1. The common people, who inherit or possess no honors or titles; the vulgar.
2. In England, the lower house of Parliament, consisting of the representatives of cities, boroughs and counties, chosen by men possessed of the property or qualifications required by law. This body is called the House of Commons. The House of Representatives in North Carolina bears the same name.
3. Common grounds; land possessed or used by two or more persons in common.
4. Food provided at a common table, as in colleges, where many persons eat at the same table or in the same hall.
Their commons, though but coarse, were nothing scant.
Doctors Commons, in London, a college founded by Dr. Harvey, for the professors of the civil law, where the civilians common together. The house was consumed in the great fire in 1666, but rebuilt in 1672. To this college belong thirty four proctors.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
COMMONS
COMMONS Com "mons, n. pl. ,
1. The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled chasses or nobility; the commonalty; the common people. [Eng. ] 'T is like the commons, rude unpolished hinds, Could send such message to their sovereign. Shak. The word commons in its present ordinary signification comprises all the people who are under the rank of peers. Blackstone.
2. The House of Commons, or lower house of the British Parliament, consisting of representatives elected by the qualified voters of counties, boroughs, and universities. It is agreed that the Commons were no part of the great council till some ages after the Conquest. Hume.
3. Provisions; food; fare, -- as that provided at a common table in colleges and universities. Their commons, though but coarse, were nothing scant. Dryden.
4. A club or association for boarding at a common table, as in a college, the members sharing the expenses equally; as, to board in commons.
5. A common; public pasture ground. To shake his ears, and graze in commons. Shak. Doctors' Commons, a place near St. Paul's Chuchyard in London where the doctors of civil law used to common together, and where were the ecclesiastical and admiralty courts and offices having jurisdiction of marriage licenses, divorces, registration of wills, etc. -- To be on short commons, to have small allowance of food. [Colloq. ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
commons
com mons |ˈkämənz ˈkɑmənz | ▶plural noun 1 a dining hall in a residential school or college. 2 [ treated as sing. ] land or resources belonging to or affecting the whole of a community. 3 ( the Commons ) short for House of Commons. • historical the common people regarded as a part of a political system, esp. in Britain. 4 archaic provisions shared in common; rations. PHRASES short commons archaic insufficient allocation of food: for two weeks we have been on short commons. ORIGIN Middle English: plural of common .
Oxford Dictionary
commons
com |mons |ˈkɒmənz | ▶plural noun 1 ( the Commons ) short for House of Commons. • historical the common people regarded as a part of a political system, especially in Britain. 2 [ treated as sing. ] land or resources belonging to or affecting the whole of a community. • US a dining hall in a school or college. 3 archaic provisions shared in common; rations. PHRASES short commons archaic insufficient allocation of food: a life of short commons. ORIGIN Middle English: plural of common .
American Oxford Thesaurus
commonsensical
commonsensical adjective the commonsensical thing would have been to check the supply cabinet before ordering more paper: sensible, reasonable, rational, prudent, smart, practical, realistic, levelheaded.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
commons
c ó m mons 名詞 1 〖the C-; 複数扱い 〗(英国 カナダなどの )下院 (House of Commons ); 〖集合的に 〗下院議員 .2 〖単複両扱い 〗(大学などの )定食 .3 〖単数扱い 〗(特に大学の )大食堂, 学生食堂 .4 〖the ～; 複数扱い 〗｟古 ｠平民 .
commonsense
c ò mmon s é nse 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗常識的な 〈解決策 予防策など 〉; 明らかな .
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