n. [ OE. aumener, aulmener, OF. almosnier, aumosnier, F. aumônier, fr. OF. almosne, alms, L. eleemosyna. See Alms. ]
n. The office of an almoner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
All below them [ the peers ] even their children, were commoners, and in the eye of the law equal to each other. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]
Much good land might be gained from forests . . . and from other commonable places, so as always there be a due care taken that the poor commoners have no injury. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A student at Cambridge University, England, who commons, or dines, at the Fellow's table. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) One of the Monera. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr.
a. Of or pertaining to the Monera. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Monera. --
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‖n. [ NL., dim. of moner. See Monera. ] (Biol.) A germ in that stage of development in which its form is simply that of a non-nucleated mass of protoplasm. It precedes the one-celled germ. So called from its likeness to a moner. Haeckel. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A preacher; a sermonizer. [ Derogative or Jocose. ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An under almoner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. somner, sompnour, OF. semoneor, F. semonneur. See Summon, v. t. ] One who summons; one who cites by authority; specifically, a petty officer formerly employed to summon persons to appear in court; an apparitor. [ 1913 Webster ]