gentleman-commonern.

Brit.

/ˌdʒɛntlmənˈkɒmənə/, U.S.

/ˌdʒɛn(t)əlmənˈkɑmənər/

Inflections: Plural gentlemen-commoners.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gentleman n., commoner n.

Etymology: < gentleman n. + commoner n. (compare sense 6a at that entry).

1. Chiefly at Oxford and Cambridge Universities: a member of a class of undergraduates entitled to certain privileges; spec. a wealthy or aristocratic undergraduate paying higher fees for the privilege of dining at a table separate from those of other undergraduates, and for exemption from lectures, exercises, and other academic responsibilities, and distinguished from other undergraduates by special academic dress. Cf. fellow commoner n. 3a. Now historical and rare.At Cambridge University, fellow commoner n. 3a was the more usual term.

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society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > types at specific universities

son?c1550

Bibler1569

round cap1572

batteler1604

fellow commoner1614

gentleman-commoner1614

primar1642

Bible-clerk1650

Harry-Sopha1661

hodman1677

nobleman1682

seconder1684

grueller1691

ternar1698

tuft1755

red gowna1774

ten-year-man1816

prick-bill1818

bear1828

martinet1831

sheep1865

trotter1883

skiver1884

hall-reader1886

sign-off1902

night climber1937

techie1969

1614 J. Day Dyall Ep. Ded. sig. ¶2 (heading) To..the Gentlemen Commoners of Oriell Colledge, Fellow-Commoners, and the rest.

1709 R. Steele & J. Swift Tatler No. 71 I believe a Gentleman-Commoner would as soon have the heels of his Shoes red as his Stockings.

1733 D. Humphreys Poem on Industry III. 3 To accomplish such a generous Intention this Noble Lord sent him, as a Gentleman-Commoner to St. John's College in Cambridge.

1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. v. i. 468 This college [sc. Brasenose] usually holds in residence a small number of gentlemen commoners, and about 100 commoners.

1937 Times 23 Mar. 10/1 At 15 he [sc. Edward Gibbon] was sent as a gentleman commoner to Magdalen College, Oxford.

2001 Oxoniensia 65 111 As a gentleman-commoner at Christ Church, he [sc. John Ruskin] established a network of academic connections and friendships which lasted lifelong.

†2. slang (humorous). An empty bottle. Obsolete.

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1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Gentleman commoner, an empty bottle, an university joke; gentlemen commoners not being deemed overfull of learning. [Also in later dictionaries.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gentleman-commoner
释义	gentleman-commonern. Brit. /ˌdʒɛntlmənˈkɒmənə/, U.S. /ˌdʒɛn(t)əlmənˈkɑmənər/ Inflections: Plural gentlemen-commoners. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gentleman n., commoner n. Etymology: < gentleman n. + commoner n. (compare sense 6a at that entry). 1. Chiefly at Oxford and Cambridge Universities: a member of a class of undergraduates entitled to certain privileges; spec. a wealthy or aristocratic undergraduate paying higher fees for the privilege of dining at a table separate from those of other undergraduates, and for exemption from lectures, exercises, and other academic responsibilities, and distinguished from other undergraduates by special academic dress. Cf. fellow commoner n. 3a. Now historical and rare.At Cambridge University, fellow commoner n. 3a was the more usual term. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > types at specific universities son?c1550 Bibler1569 round cap1572 batteler1604 fellow commoner1614 gentleman-commoner1614 primar1642 Bible-clerk1650 Harry-Sopha1661 hodman1677 nobleman1682 seconder1684 grueller1691 ternar1698 tuft1755 red gowna1774 ten-year-man1816 prick-bill1818 bear1828 martinet1831 sheep1865 trotter1883 skiver1884 hall-reader1886 sign-off1902 night climber1937 techie1969 1614 J. Day Dyall Ep. Ded. sig. ¶2 (heading) To..the Gentlemen Commoners of Oriell Colledge, Fellow-Commoners, and the rest. 1709 R. Steele & J. Swift Tatler No. 71 I believe a Gentleman-Commoner would as soon have the heels of his Shoes red as his Stockings. 1733 D. Humphreys Poem on Industry III. 3 To accomplish such a generous Intention this Noble Lord sent him, as a Gentleman-Commoner to St. John's College in Cambridge. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. v. i. 468 This college [sc. Brasenose] usually holds in residence a small number of gentlemen commoners, and about 100 commoners. 1937 Times 23 Mar. 10/1 At 15 he [sc. Edward Gibbon] was sent as a gentleman commoner to Magdalen College, Oxford. 2001 Oxoniensia 65 111 As a gentleman-commoner at Christ Church, he [sc. John Ruskin] established a network of academic connections and friendships which lasted lifelong. †2. slang (humorous). An empty bottle. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Gentleman commoner, an empty bottle, an university joke; gentlemen commoners not being deemed overfull of learning. [Also in later dictionaries.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1614
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