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commonwealth's-man

commonwealth's-man is the alternative form of commonwealthman.

Meaning of commonwealthman

Noun

commonwealthman (plural commonwealthmen)

  1. (historical) Someone who lived under the English Commonwealth of the 17th century, especially an adherent of it; loosely, a republican.
    • Other radicals looked for inspiration to England again – though, interestingly, neither to Voltaire's commercial nor Montesquieu's constitutional paragon, but rather to the seventeenth-century Commonwealthmen.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 222

Forms of commonwealth's-man

pluralcommonwealth's-men

Questions about commonwealth's-man

What is commonwealth's-man the alternative form of?
Commonwealth's-man is the alternative form of commonwealthman.

Words near commonwealth's-man in the dictionary

  1. Commonwealth of The Bahamas
  2. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
  3. Commonwealth of Virginia
  4. Commonwealth realm
  5. Commonwealth realms
  6. commonwealth's-man
  7. commonwealth's-men
  8. commonwealthism
  9. commonwealthman
  10. commonwealthmen
  11. commonwealths

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