a politically organized body of people under a single government | a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights |
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | |
a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another | |
the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico) | |