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 politically organized body of people under a single government |
extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them |
everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities | 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) |