Fellow-commoner
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fellow-commoner is a noun meaning (Cambridge University) A student at Cambridge University who commons, or dines, at the Fellows' table.
Meaning
(Cambridge University) A student at Cambridge University who commons, or dines, at the Fellows' table.
Example Sentences
There are to this day fellow-commoners at Queens, and surely such a distinguished commoner as Fuller would have been allowed to remain on that foundation, in which he had spent seven years, in this new capacity. The expense would have been about the same, and the only way in which I can account for his migration is either pique at being passed over, or the friendship of so famed a theologian as Dr. Ward.
Word Forms
- fellow-commoners
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include commoner, fellow, commonership, clubfellow, coachfellow, collegiate.
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