Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COM'MON-ER, n.

1. One of the lower rank, or common people; one under the degree of nobility. – Addison.
2. A member of the House of Commons. – Swift.
3. One who has a joint right in common ground. – Bacon.
4. A student of the second rank in the universities in England; one who eats at a common table. – Johnson.
5. A prostitute. – Shak.
6. A partaker. – Fuller.