Commons

A surname.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.

Origin

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

Proper noun government, politics

  1. 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 5, K. A. Murray,...

Origin

Ellipsis of House of Commons.

Forms

the Commons