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Commons en · PROPN · etymology 1

Etymology

Ellipsis of House of Commons.

Meanings

1. (Canadian, UK) The House of Commons, part of the parliament under the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy.
   • Faced with defeat in the Commons, the Government cancelled and re-advertised the contract, the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company's offer being now accepted for the sea part of the route. 1960 May 14, K. A. Murray, “Carlisle Pier, Dun Laoghaire”, in Railway Magazine, page 305:

Forms

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Commons en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

* English and Irish (Mayo Tipperary and Galway): variant of Cummings. * English: variant of Common with post-medieval excrescent -s.

Meanings

1. A surname.

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