Commons

  1. Proper noun.  (politics) The House of Commons, part of the parliament under the Westminister system of parliamentary democracy.
  2. Proper noun.  (British, politics) The House of Commons, part of the parliament of the United Kingdom.
  3. Proper noun.  (Canada, politics) The House of Commons, part of the parliament of Canada.
  4. Noun.  (plural of, [commonNoun) .
  5. Noun.  A dining hall, usually at a college or university.
  6. Noun.  A central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area, acommon.
  7. Noun.  (figuratively) The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information.

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