<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A common person, as distinguished from one with rank, status, etc.</li><li>British: any person ranking below a peer; a person without a title of nobility.</li><li>A member of the House of Commons.</li><li>(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.</li><li>A person who has a joint right in common land.</li></ul>