commonwealth

noun

1. a politically organized body of people under a single government

e.g. 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: statenationcountrylandres publicabody politic

2. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

Synonym: democracyrepublic

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

4. the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)

1. 英联邦国家：注意不同的军队对同一个词的使用是不同的,例如美军的一个squadron可以是一个营级(battalion-sized)骑兵(cavalry)单位;而在英联邦国家(Commonwealth)军队中它是一个连级(company-sized)单位.

2. 共和国：因为,那些为共和国(commonwealth)献出生命的人,他们因此接受了不朽的奖赏与最光荣的坟茔;他们不是仅仅被埋葬在坟丘所在之地,他们将与他们的荣耀共存,与那些被人们永远纪念的言辞与行动同在!