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British Commonwealth

noun

An association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown. Synonym: Commonwealth of Nations.

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"British Commonwealth" Quotes from Famous Books

... and Barbuda became an independent state within the British Commonwealth of Nations in 1981. Some 3,000 refugees fleeing a volcanic eruption on nearby Montserrat have settled in Antigua and Barbuda ...

— The 2001 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... old Samuel Morse's playfellow had also reached the fourth generation. The name of that playfellow was Oliver Cromwell, who became Lord Protector of the British Commonwealth. Of course he forgot Samuel Morse, and was sitting in Parliament when Samuel died. He had children and grandchildren who lived as contemporaries of his old playmate's children and grandchildren. Two or three years before Samuel's great granddaughter, Mary, was ...

— The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4 • Various

Words linked to "British Commonwealth" : Republic of India, Republic of Ireland, Commonwealth of Australia, Papua New Guinea, Ireland, Commonwealth of Nations, Republic of South Africa, Australia, Eire, commonwealth, Independent State of Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, South Africa, Irish Republic, India, Bharat, Canada