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commonwealth
noun(com-mon-wealth)
a nation, state, or other political unit: such as
commonwealth
noun(com-mon-wealth)
one founded on law and united by compact or tacit agreement of the people for the common good
commonwealth
noun(com-mon-wealth)
one in which supreme authority is vested in the people
commonwealth
noun(com-mon-wealth)
a holiday observed in parts of the Commonwealth of Nations formerly on May 24 as the anniversary of Queen Victoria's birthday and now on the second Monday in March
commonwealth
geographical name(com-mon-wealth)
association formed in 1991 by the former constituent republics of the U.S.S.R. except for Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia; Turkmenistan changed to associate member status in 2005.; Georgia withdrew in 2009.
commonwealth
geographical name(com-mon-wealth)
association of sovereign states consisting of the United Kingdom and a number of its former dependencies; formerly constituted, with several other British-controlled territories, the British Empire
commonwealth
noun phrase(com-mon-wealth)
protector
commonwealth
noun(com-mon-wealth)
a U.S. state —used officially of Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
commonwealth
noun(com-mon-wealth)
the countries that were once part of the British Empire
commonwealth
noun(com-mon-wealth)
one that protects : guardian
commonwealth
noun(com-mon-wealth)
a device used to prevent injury : guard
commonwealth
noun(com-mon-wealth)
one having the care of a kingdom during the king's minority : regent
commonwealth
geographical name(com-mon-wealth)
continent of the eastern hemisphere southeast of Asia and south of the Equator area 2,948,366 square miles (7,665,751 square kilometers)
commonwealth
geographical name(com-mon-wealth)
dominion of the Commonwealth of Nations including the continent of Australia and the island of Tasmania; capital Canberra area 2,967,909 square miles (7,716,563 square kilometers), population 21,507,717

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