(in Britain, Canada, etc) the lower chamber of Parliament
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House′ of Com′mons,
- Governmentthe elective, lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, and various other countries in the Commonwealth of Nations.
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'House of Commons' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Astor
- Beckett
- Boothroyd
- Budget
- Chiltern Hundreds
- Churchill
- Committee of the Whole House
- Commons
- Father of the House
- Foot
- H.C.
- HC
- Hampden
- House
- Houses of Parliament
- Hoyle
- Martin
- Member of Parliament
- O'Connell
- Parliament
- Pride's Purge
- Private Member
- Reform Bill
- Speaker
- Treasury Bench
- Wilkes
- backbencher
- bar
- bencher
- common
- commoner
- country
- front bench
- gangway
- general election
- impeachment
- leader
- member
- name
- parliament
- previous question
- private member
- private member's bill
- speaker
- white paper