Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - commonwealth
Commonwealth
commonwealth
n. 1 a an independent State or community, esp. a democratic republic. b such a community or organization of shared interests in a non-political field (the commonwealth of learning). 2 (the Commonwealth) a (in full the British Commonwealth of Nations) an international association consisting of the UK together with States that were previously part of the British Empire. b the republican period of government in Britain 1649-60. c US a part of the title of some of the States of the US. d the title of the federated Australian States. Phrases and idioms Commonwealth Day a day each year commemorating the British Commonwealth (formerly called Empire Day). Etymology: COMMON + WEALTH
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noun Date: 15th century commonweal 2, a nation, state, or other political unit: as, one founded on law and united by compact or tacit agreement of the people for the common good, one in which supreme authority is vested in the people, republic, 3. capitalized the English state from the death of Charles I in 1649 to the Restoration in 1660, protectorate 1b, a state of the U.S., a federal union of constituent states, an association of self-governing autonomous states more or less loosely associated in a common allegiance (as to the British crown), a political unit having local autonomy but voluntarily united with the U.S. ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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