A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1591-1600
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Commoner, n. [Commoun v.] An arbitrator. —1591 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 55.
That Mr Jhonn Prestoun and Mr Henry Balfour, assessouris, be commoneris for the toun anent the difference betuix the town and the Kirk of Leyth 1600 Ib. 270.
[The council] ordanis Henrie Nesbett, Jhonn Moresoun, Patrik Sandelands commoners for the guid toun in the debatabill matter … tuiching the dam
