Commoner vs Duke - What's the difference?
commoner | duke |
(common)
A member of the common people who holds no title or rank.
(British) Someone who is not of noble rank.
* Hallam
(British, at Oxbridge universities) An undergraduate who does not hold either a scholarship or an exhibition.
(obsolete, UK, Oxford University) A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; at Cambridge called a pensioner.
Someone holding common rights because of residence or land ownership in a particular manor, especially rights on common land.
* Francis Bacon
(obsolete) One sharing with another in anything.
(obsolete) A prostitute.
The male ruler of a duchy (compare duchess ).
A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.
A grand duke.
(slang, usually in plural) A fist.
To hit or beat with the fists.
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As an adjective commoner
is (common).As a noun commoner
is a member of the common people who holds no title or rank.As a verb duke is
to plunge, dive.commoner
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(head)Usage notes
* The potential for confusion with use of the noun as an adjective, especially in the UK, makes this form less desirable. It is much less commonly used than "more common".Etymology 2
Noun
(wikipedia commoner) (en noun)- All below them [the peers], even their children, were commoners , and in the eye of the law equal to each other.
- Much good land might be gained from forests and from other commonable places, so as always there be a due care taken that the poor commoners have no injury.
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duke
English
(wikipedia duke)Noun
(en noun)- Put up your dukes !
- This is thought to be derived from where Duke(s) of York = Fork. Fork is itself cockney slang for hand, and thus fist.
