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单词 discommon
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Definition of discommon in English:

discommon

verb dɪˈskɒmən
historical
  • 1To deprive of citizenship; to disfranchise. rare after 17th cent.

  • 2At the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge: to ban (a tradesman) from trading with or supplying goods to the undergraduates. Now historical.

  • 3Oxford University and Cambridge University. To deprive (a student) of commons in a college. Also: (at the University of Oxford) to expel from college. Compare "discommons". Now historical and rare.

  • 4To deprive of the character of a common; to enclose (common land). Also in figurative contexts. Now rare.

Origin

Late Middle English. Partly from dis- + common, and partly from dis- + common.

Definition of discommon in US English:

discommon

verbdɪˈskɒmən
historical
  • 1To deprive of citizenship; to disfranchise. rare after 17th cent.

  • 2At the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge: to ban (a tradesman) from trading with or supplying goods to the undergraduates. Now historical.

  • 3Oxford University and Cambridge University. To deprive (a student) of commons in a college. Also: (at the University of Oxford) to expel from college. Compare "discommons". Now historical and rare.

  • 4To deprive of the character of a common; to enclose (common land). Also in figurative contexts. Now rare.

Origin

Late Middle English. Partly from dis- + common, and partly from dis- + common.

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