SINCE 1828
the Commonwealth
nounDefinition of the Commonwealth
1
: a U.S. state
—used officially of Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia the Commonwealth of Kentucky
2
: the countries that were once part of the British Empire
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