Common (Dol), an ally of Subtle the alchemist.—Ben Jonson, The Alchemist (1610).
Commoner (The Great), Sir John Barnard, who in 1737 proposed to reduce the interest of the national debt from 4 per cent. to 3 per cent., any creditor being at liberty to receive his principal in full if he preferred it. William Pitt, the statesman, is so called also (1759-1806).
Comne'nus (Alexius), emperor of Greece, introduced by Sir. W. Scott in Count Robert of Paris (time, Rufus).
Anna Comne'na the historian, daughter of Alexius Comnenus, emperor of Greece.—Same novel.
Compeyson, a would-be gentleman and a forger. He duped Abel Magwitch and ruined him, keeping him completely under his influence. He also jilted Miss Havisham.—C. Dickens, Great Expectations (1860).
Com'rade (2 syl.), the horse given by a fairy to Fortunio.
He has many rare qualities ... first he eats
but once in eight days; and then he knows
what's past, present, and to come [and speaks
with the voice of a man].—Comtesse DAunoy,