GENTLEMAN-COMMONER


Meaning of GENTLEMAN-COMMONER in English

Function: noun

Inflected Form: plural gentlemen-commoners

Date: 1687

: any of a privileged class of commoners formerly required to pay higher fees than ordinary commoners at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge

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