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Commonwealth

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Noun

1. commonwealth

the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)

2. body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica, state

a politically organized body of people under a single government

Example Sentences:
'the state has elected a new president'
'African nations'
'students who had come to the nation's capitol'
'the country's largest manufacturer'
'an industrialized land'

3. commonwealth

a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another

4. commonwealth, democracy, republic

a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Commonwealth

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noun
1. 
the people of a state or nation viewed politically; body politic
2. 
a state or nation in which the people possess sovereignty; republic
3. 
the body politic organized for the general good
4. 
a group of persons united by some common interest
5. obsolete
the general good; public welfare
noun
the Commonwealth
1. 
an association of sovereign states, almost all of which were at some time dependencies of the UK. All member states recognize the reigning British sovereign as Head of the Commonwealth
. Official name: the Commonwealth of Nations
2. 
a. 
the republic that existed in Britain from 1649 to 1660
b. 
the part of this period up to 1653, when Cromwell became Protector
3. 
the official designation of Australia, four states of the US (Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia), and Puerto Rico

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Commonwealth

see synonyms of commonwealth
noun
1. 
the people of a nation or state; body politic
2. 
a. 
a nation or state in which there is self-government; democracy or republic
b. 
a federation of states [the Commonwealth of Australia]
Commonwealth is also the official designation of Puerto Rico, in its special status under the U.S. government
3.  US, Loosely
any state of the U.S.; strictly, Ky., Mass., Pa., or Va., which were so designated in their first constitutions
4. 
a group of people united by common interests
5.  Obsolete
the general welfare; commonweal

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Commonwealth

see synonyms of commonwealth
n.
1. The people of a nation or state; the body politic.
2. A nation or state governed by the people; a republic.
3. Commonwealth
a. Used to refer to some US states, namely, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
b. Used to refer to a self-governing, autonomous political unit voluntarily associated with the United States, namely, Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands.
4. often Commonwealth The Commonwealth of Nations.
5. The English state and government from the death of Charles I in 1649 to the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, including the Protectorate of 1653 to 1659.
6. Archaic The public good; commonweal.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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