Commonwealthman
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone who lived under the English Commonwealth of the 17th century, especially an adherent of it; loosely, a republican. historical
"Other radicals looked for inspiration to England again – though, interestingly, neither to Voltaire's commercial nor Montesquieu's constitutional paragon, but rather to the seventeenth-century Commonwealthmen."
Example
More examples"Other radicals looked for inspiration to England again – though, interestingly, neither to Voltaire's commercial nor Montesquieu's constitutional paragon, but rather to the seventeenth-century Commonwealthmen."
Etymology
From commonwealth + man.
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