Commonwealth (disambiguation)
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noun
(1) A politically organized body of people under a single government
"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"
(2) A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
(3) 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) The official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)
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Proper noun
- The Commonwealth of Nations, a loose confederation of nations based around the former British Empire.
- Mozambique joined the Commonwealth in 1995, although it had not been a part of the British Empire.
- As a Commonwealth citizen, you are eligible to vote in United Kingdom elections.
- Australia, the Commonwealth of Australia,
- Mr. Martin was found guilty of defrauding the Commonwealth by making false welfare claims.
- Kentucky, the Commonwealth of Kentucky,
- Massachusetts, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
- Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
- Virginia, the Commonwealth of Virginia,