FELLOW COMMONER

Domain	Definition
Literature	Fellow Commoner A wealthy or married undergraduate of Cambridge, who pays extra to "common" (i.e. dine) at the fellows' table. In Oxford, these demi-dons are termed Gentlemen Commoners. Fellow commoner or gentleman commoner. An empty bottle; so called because these sort of students are, as a class, empty-headed. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Slang in 1811	FELLOW COMMONER. An empty bottle: so called at the university of Cambridge, where fellow commoners are not in general considered as over full of learning. At Oxford an empty bottle is called a gentleman commoner for the same reason. They pay at Cambridge. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
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Anagrams: FELLOW COMMONER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-f-l-l-m-m-n-o-o-o-r-w"
	-4 letters: coneflower, moonflower.
	-5 letters: comonomer, fellowmen, forewomen.
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