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| Com·mon·wealth [ kómmən wèlth ] |
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1. territory associated with United States: a self-governing territory voluntarily associated with the United States. Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands are Commonwealths.
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2. title for some states: an official title used by the states of Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
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3. association of Britain and sovereign states: a political, educational, and development association of sovereign states, most of which are former British colonies, with the British monarch as its head
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4. politics federated states of Australia: the official designation of the federated states of Australia, often used to refer to the federal government as opposed to the state governments
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5. history republic in 17C England: the state and republican government in England from the death of Charles I in 1649 until the restoration of the monarchy in 1660
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