comuner

Middle English

Alternative forms

• communer
• comener, commynere, comoner, comyner, comunere, comwner (Late Middle English)

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman comuner, communer; by surface analysis, comun +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔmiu̯ˈneːr/, /ˈkɔmiu̯nər/, /ˈkɔmənər/

Noun

comuner (plural comuners)

1. A citizen or freeman of a burough.
2. A commoner or peasant; somebody not part of the nobility.
3. (Christianity) A partaker in the Kingdom of Heaven.
4. (rare) A member of the medieval House of Commons.
5. (rare) An individual owning a portion of common property.

Descendants

• English: commoner
• Middle Scots: commonar (hapax legomenon)

References

• “commū̆nẹ̄r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.