Commons

1. n. pl. A common; public pasture ground.
2. n. pl. The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled classes or nobility; the commonalty; the common people.
3. n. pl. The House of Commons, or lower house of the British Parliament, consisting of representatives elected by the qualified voters of counties, boroughs, and universities.
4. n. pl. Provisions; food; fare, — as that provided at a common table in colleges and universities.
5. n. pl. A club or association for boarding at a common table, as in a college, the members sharing the expenses equally; as, to board in commons.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.