commonwealth

n. group of people united in a common cause; people of a country; democratic state

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Noun
1. the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)
(hypernym) state, province
(hyponym) Puerto Rico, Porto Rico, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, PR
2. 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"
(synonym) state, nation, country, land, res publica, body politic
(hypernym) political unit
(hyponym) Dominion
(part-meronym) estate, estate of the realm
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
(hypernym) world organization, world organisation, international organization, international organisation, global organization
(hyponym) British Commonwealth, Commonwealth of Nations
4. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
(synonym) democracy, republic
(hypernym) political system, form of government
(hyponym) Weimar Republic

n. commonwealth, group of people united in a common cause

nm. commonwealth, group of people united in a common cause