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Meaning of 'commonwealth' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Commonwealth [ n.]
- A state; a body politic consisting of a certain number of men, united, by compact or tacit agreement, under one form of government and system of laws.
- The whole body of people in a state; the public.
- Specifically, the form of government established on the death of Charles I., in 1649, which existed under Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard, ending with the abdication of the latter in 1659.

Meaning of 'commonwealth' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . commonwealth [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a politically organized body of people under a single government
Example in sentence:
  • African nations;
  • an industrialized land;
  • students who had come to the nation's capitol;
  • the country's largest manufacturer;
  • the state has elected a new president

Nearby Words:

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