GENTLEMAN-COMMONER


Meaning of GENTLEMAN-COMMONER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

( 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.