What is the meaning of Commonwealth?

Answer 1

The Commonwealth of Nations promotes democracy and good governance, human rights and the rule of law, gender equality and sustainable economic and social development in a grouping made up of the UK, former British colonies and dominions.

Answer 2

The English noun Commonwealth dates originally from the fifteenth century. The original phrase "common wealth" or "the common weal" comes from the old meaning of "wealth" which is "well-being"[1]. The term literally meant "common well-being". Thus commonwealth originally meant a state governed for the common good as opposed to an authoritarian state governed for the benefit of a given class of owners.

Today the term is more general and means a political community.

The type of community indicated by the term commonwealth varies. For instance, in different contexts it might indicate:

a political unit founded in law by agreement of the people for the common good;
a federated union of constituent states;
a community of sovereign states;
a republic;
a democratic constitutional monarchy;
a Co-operative Commonwealth is a society based on cooperative and socialist principles

Answer 3

In addition to the excellent answers given, the word commonwealth was associated with England to describe the form of constitution under the dictatorship of the rule of Cromwell.
Much prefer it's modern day association!

Answer 4

Stealing the resources of other countries like Africa and brainwashing the 'commoners' that thayr'e going to get a slice of it.

Answer 5

Hi Rehab
It means I'm the Queen give me all your money. Serfs!

Answer 6

It is the name given to countries that Great Britain used to control in her past.

If you want this put another way - it is the name of the countries we captured and enslaved and stole resources from.

Nowadays, the commonwealth are the remains.

Answer 7

we use to be called the British Empire.But that is now getting smaller.

Answer 8

A political community more or less....