Commonwealth Country (Noun)
Meaning
Any of the countries in the British Commonwealth.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- Australia is a prominent commonwealth country that has strong historical ties with the United Kingdom.
- Many commonwealth countries have retained the British monarch as their head of state, albeit in a symbolic capacity.
- As a citizen of a commonwealth country, she was eligible to live and work in the United Kingdom without needing a visa.
- Singapore became a commonwealth country upon its independence from Malaysia in the 1960s.
- India, the most populous commonwealth country, has a complex and multifaceted relationship with the United Kingdom.