单词 | first commoner |
释义 | > as lemmasFirst Commoner First Commoner n. (a title for) the Speaker of the British House of Commons (see speaker n. 3a).Also more fully First Commoner of the Land (and variants). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > Member of Parliament > speaker of Commons procurator of parliament1399 speakerc1400 Speaker of (the) Parliamenta1464 First Commoner1759 1759 Acct. Constit. & Present State Great Brit. 142 The speaker, being the first commoner of the land, is the mouth of the house. 1843 W. C. Townsend Hist. House Commons I. 50 This office..seemed well adapted to be held, as it were in commendam, by the first commoner of England. 1882 Fraser's Mag. Apr. 519 Similar conversations are still carried on between the Sovereign and the First Commoner as to the progress of business. 1908 A. E. Steinthal tr. J. Redlich Procedure House of Commons 137 As ‘first commoner’ in the realm his place is immediately after the peers. 2018 Times (Nexis) 23 May 23 The First Commoner of the Land is intent on showing that he cares about ordinary people. < as lemmas |
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