gentleman-commoner
[ jen-tl-muh n-kom-uh-ner ]
/ ˈdʒɛn tl mənˈkɒm ə nər /
noun, plural gen·tle·men-com·mon·ers.
(formerly) a member of a class of commoners enjoying special privileges at Oxford University.
Origin of gentleman-commoner
First recorded in 1680–90
Words nearby gentleman-commoner
Example sentences from the Web for gentleman-commoner
The gentleman-commoner “voted the affair d——d slow,” and declined the party altogether in favor of the gamekeeper and a cigar.
Humorous Ghost Stories |Dorothy ScarboroughAt the age of fifteen he was entered as a gentleman-commoner at Christchurch, Oxford.
In 1804 he proceeded to Oxford, where he entered in Magdalen College as a gentleman-commoner.