Usually means: Political community founded for common good.
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We found 37 dictionaries that define the word commonwealth:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. commonwealth, the Commonwealth, the commonwealth: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. commonwealth: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. commonwealth, the Commonwealth: Collins English Dictionary
  4. commonwealth: Vocabulary.com
  5. Commonwealth, commonwealth: Wordnik
  6. commonwealth, the Commonwealth (of Nations): Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Commonwealth, commonwealth: Wiktionary
  8. commonwealth: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. commonwealth: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. commonwealth: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Commonwealth, the commonwealth: Dictionary.com
  12. commonwealth: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. commonwealth: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Commonwealth (England), Commonwealth (New Grass Revival album), Commonwealth (Patchett novel), Commonwealth (Sloan album), Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth (United States), Commonwealth (automobile company), Commonwealth (book), Commonwealth (disambiguation), Commonwealth (statue), Commonwealth, The Commonwealth: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Commonwealth: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. commonwealth: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. commonwealth: Rhymezone
  18. Commonwealth: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. commonwealth: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. commonwealth: Free Dictionary
  21. commonwealth: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. The Commonwealth, commonwealth: Dictionary/thesaurus
  23. commonwealth, the Commonwealth, the commonwealth: Merriam-Webster.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. commonwealth: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  6. The Commonwealth, commonwealth: Legal dictionary
  7. Glossary of Trade and Shipping Terms (No longer online)
  8. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Commonwealth (of Nations), The Commonwealth, commonwealth: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Political (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Commonwealth: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (obsolete) The well-being of a community.
noun:  The entirety of a (secular) society, a polity, a state.
noun:  Republic. Often capitalized, as Commonwealth.
noun:  The Commonwealth of Nations, a loose confederation of nations based around the former British Empire.
noun:  (British, historical) The Commonwealth of England (1649–1653), succeeded by the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland (1653–1660).
noun:  (Australia) Australia, the Commonwealth of Australia, often referring to its federal government.
noun:  (in Kentucky) Kentucky, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, often referring to its government.
noun:  (in Massachusetts) Massachusetts, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, often referring to its government.
noun:  (in Pennsylvania) Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, often referring to its government.
noun:  (in Virginia) Virginia, the Commonwealth of Virginia, often referring to its government.
noun:  A barangay of Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
noun:  A barangay of Rosario, Northern Samar, Philippines
noun:  A barangay of Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines

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