- a common person, as distinguished from one with rank, status, etc.
- British.
- any person ranking below a peer; a person without a title of nobility.
- a member of the House of Commons.
- (at Oxford and some other universities) a student who pays the cost to dine at the commons and other expenses and is not supported by any scholarship or foundation.
- a person who has a joint right in common land.
- a person who does not belong to the nobility
- a person who has a right in or over common land jointly with another or others
- a student at a university or other institution who is not on a scholarship
