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coˈmmuner
[f. commune v. + -er1.]
†1. Obs. form of commoner, q.v.
†2. A partaker with another or others; a sharer.
c1400Thornton MS. 213 b, Communers of þat blyse. c1550Cheke Matt. xxiii. 29 We wold not have been communers with yem.
3. One who partakes of the Lord's Supper.
1548Gest Pr. Masse 105 The Kynge..presenteth at his Supper to al us his communers, bothe bread and wyne. 1550[see commune 8 b].
4. One who communes or converses with another. rare.
In mod. Dicts.
5. A member or citizen of a commune (in reference to foreign countries). [F. communier.]
1886Science (N.Y.) VIII. 593 The popular school is to be maintained by the Gemeinde or commune, and the communers have not in general found themselves able to forego the income from school fees. |