A Quick and Simple Dictionary

Commonwealth

1. Proper noun.  The Commonwealth of Nations, a loose confederation of nations based around the former British Empire.
2. Proper noun.  (Australia) Australia, the Commonwealth of Australia, (non-gloss definition, often referring to its federal government.) .
3. Proper noun.  (context, in) Kentucky, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, (non-gloss definition, often referring to its government.) .
4. Proper noun.  (context, in) Massachusetts, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, (non-gloss definition, often referring to its government.) .
5. Proper noun.  (context, in) Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, (non-gloss definition, often referring to its government.) .
6. Proper noun.  (context, in) Virginia, the Commonwealth of Virginia, (non-gloss definition, often referring to its government.) .
7. Noun.  A form of government, named for the concept that everything that is not owned by specific individuals or groups is owned collectively by everyone in the governmental unit, as opposed to a ''state'', where the state itself owns such things.
8. Noun.  Approximately, a republic.