commons

[Com·mons]

The common people

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The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled chasses or nobility; the commonalty; the common people.

Noun
class composed of persons lacking noble or knightly or gentle rank

Noun
a pasture subject to common use

Noun
a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park"

n. pl.
The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled classes or nobility; the commonalty; the common people.

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

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

n. pl.
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.

n. pl.
A common; public pasture ground.

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.

The word commons in its present ordinary signification comprises all the people who are under the rank of peers.

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.

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

Their commons, though but coarse, were nothing scant.

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.

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.]

The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled chasses or nobility; the commonalty; the common people.

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Usage Examples

The food in the House of Commons is fairly good. The cafe in Portcullis House is really very high quality, and you also have a choice of eating in the more traditional restaurants, the Churchill Room or the Members' Dining Room. I don't often eat in them, though, as I'm usually on the run.

Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons.

Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.

What the government has to do, if it wants to govern for any length of time, is it must appeal primarily to the third parties in the House of Commons to get them to support it.

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Other Usage Examples

The honest truth is that if this government were to propose the massacre of the first-born, it would still have no difficulty in getting it through the Commons.

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.

I was in the Commons recently and saw a young lady wearing a nice pair of shoes. I said I liked them and she said my shoes were the reason she became involved in politics.