commonwealth
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commonwealths
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commonwealths
Britannica Dictionary definition of COMMONWEALTH
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[count]
:
a group of countries or states that have political or economic connections with one another
— often + of
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a commonwealth of states
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a
the Commonwealth
:
a U.S. state
— used officially of Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
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the Commonwealth of Kentucky
b
[count]
:
a political unit that is like a U.S. state but that pays no federal taxes and has only a representative in Congress who does not vote
— used officially of Puerto Rico and of the Northern Mariana Islands
3
the Commonwealth
:
the countries that were once part of the British Empire
