commonwealth

noun

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

   noun.location

   Source: WordNet 3.0

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

   noun.group

   Synonyms body politic country land nation res publica state

   Source: WordNet 3.0

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

   noun.group

   Source: WordNet 3.0

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

   noun.group

   Synonyms democracy republic

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. A state; a body politic consisting of a certain number of men, united, by compact or tacit agreement, under one form of government and system of laws.

   noun

   Source: webster1913