commonwealth's-man

noun

-l(th)smən,

-ˌsman

plural commonwealth's-men

1

obsolete : a man in his relation to a commonwealth

2

a

: an adherent of a commonwealth (as the 17th century English Commonwealth)

b

archaic : republican sense 1

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