Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gentleman-commoner

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English

Syllables: gen-tle-man--com-mon-er
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

7

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

At the University of Oxford, a student paying higher fees and ranking above commoners, but below noblemen.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Unfortunately for the college, there were a very large proportion of the gentleman-commoners."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

gentlemen-commoners (plural)

Questions

What does gentleman-commoner mean?: At the University of Oxford, a student paying higher fees and ranking above commoners, but below noblemen.

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