a common person, as distinguished from one with rank, status, etc.
2.
British.
a.
any person ranking below a peer; a person without a title of nobility.
b.
a member of the House of Commons.
c.
(at Oxford and some other universities) a student who pays for his or her commons and other expenses and is not supported by any scholarship or foundation.
3.
a person who has a joint right in common land.
Origin: 1275–1325; Middle English cominer.See common, -er1