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House of Commons

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Meaning

  1. An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
  2. The lower house of the British Parliament.
  3. The lower house of the Canadian Parliament.
  4. A session of the House of Commons.

Etymology / origin

In this term, house means a deliberative assembly, while the Commons stands for the common people, as opposed to nobility.

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