" commonwealths "

 [ "commonwealther" ]

1: A person from, or resident of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

  * e.g.,  ... Bill's not a New Yorker, he's a Commonwealther. 

 [ "commonwealther" ]

2: Origins:

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3: Massachusetts does not lend itself well to the typical suffixes (-ian, -er, etc.) attached to the name of a place to refer to someone who is from that place (perhaps because the name is not of English origin.) Thus, commonwealther is used as a reference to the fact that Massachusetts is officially designated as a Commonwealth instead of a State (although there is no legal distinction between a “state” and a “commonwealth” in the United States.).

 [ "commonwealther" ]

4: There are three other "states" in the US that designate themselves as Commonwealths (Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Virginia.) However, the usual suffixes are applied to them (Kentuckian, Pennsylvanian and Virginian) without issue, and so a new word is not needed to describe a resident of one of those states.

 [ "Commonwealth" ]

1: Basically the countries ruled by Great Britain. The commonwealth and Commonwealth realm is different,FYI The Commonwealth comprises 53 countries, across all continents. The members have a combined population of 3 billion people, almost a third of the world population, of which 26 billion live in India and 94% live in Asia and Africa combined.

  * e.g.,  ... Commonwealth countries include Australia ( hope that referendum doesn't change anything), Canada, Malaysia( My country),New Zealand , India and other countries........ (cause i am not naming all of them) 

 [ "Commonwealth" ]

1: noun. (1) a really cool place to go hang out, largely because it is inhabited by L. Ruhling and M. Hunter, who are awesome kids. Parties in the Commonwealth are often disbanded within 5 minutes of their start time because the raging is too intense. (2) the scene of countless second semester 2011 parties

  * e.g.,  ... Hey, do you wanna go blow some shit up in the Commonwealth? I heard they're throwin' down tonight. Did you hear about that one kid who vommed everywhere in the Commonwealth? He couldn't handle the madness. 

 [ "Commonwealth" ]

1: Basically the countries ruled by Great Britain. The commonwealth and Commonwealth realm is different,FYI The Commonwealth comprises 53 countries, across all continents. The members have a combined population of 3 billion people, almost a third of the world population, of which 26 billion live in India and 94% live in Asia and Africa combined.

  * e.g.,  ... Commonwealth countries include Australia ( hope that referendum doesn't change anything), Canada, Malaysia( My country),New Zealand , India and other countries........ (cause i am not naming all of them) 

 [ "Commonwealth" ]

1: The state of Massachusetts

  * e.g.,  ... I'm headed back to the commonwealth soon to go to the Cape. 

 [ "Commonwealth" ]

1: The general school population. Usually neutral.

  * e.g.,  ... For the Commonwealth! 

 [ "Commonwealth" ]

1: Basically the countries ruled by Great Britain. The commonwealth and Commonwealth realm is different,FYI The Commonwealth comprises 53 countries, across all continents. The members have a combined population of 3 billion people, almost a third of the world population, of which 26 billion live in India and 94% live in Asia and Africa combined.

  * e.g.,  ... Commonwealth countries include Australia ( hope that referendum doesn't change anything), Canada, Malaysia( My country),New Zealand , India and other countries........ (cause i am not naming all of them) 

 [ "Commonwealth" ]

1: Basically the countries ruled by Great Britain. The commonwealth and Commonwealth realm is different,FYI The Commonwealth comprises 53 countries, across all continents. The members have a combined population of 3 billion people, almost a third of the world population, of which 26 billion live in India and 94% live in Asia and Africa combined.

  * e.g.,  ... Commonwealth countries include Australia ( hope that referendum doesn't change anything), Canada, Malaysia( My country),New Zealand , India and other countries........ (cause i am not naming all of them) 

 [ "Starr Commonwealth" ]

1: Starr Commonwealth is a therapeutic boarding school for both boys and girls. It specializes in Substance abuse, Psychical Abuse, Emotional Abuse, and even the every day family problems. Starr Commonwealth is also known for lying to the families and students. They say that you will have lots of contact with your friends and family while you are away, but no I never was allowed to talk to my friends, and received one phone call a week to my family, each for 15 minutes of time. They also told me we would receive our cell phones and laptops upon good behavior. That was a lie, we were never allowed to have any of those items. The closest thing to electronics we were allowed to have were camera's and cell phones. Every day, or at least almost everyday someone would have a temper tantrum and would have to get restrained to cool down. It was scary. I see this place as a nicer prison. DO NOT SEND YOUR KIDS THERE!

  * e.g.,  ... Boarding Schools Starr Commonwealth 

 [ "Starr Commonwealth" ]

1: Starr Commonwealth is a Boys and Girls Residential Boarding School Treatment Center, that helps teens learn how to be the best they can be. It is located in Albion, Michigan, Columbus Ohio, and Detroit Michigan.They treat kids who suffer from Trauma, and who have been involved in various crimes such as Sexual offenses, Substance Abuse, Physical Abuse, and Everyday parents/teen troubles. This school did not help me as I thought it should. I got raped, then I suffered from Trauma. Sucks...This school is also a lie. They tell you that you will always have contact with your parents, but really you only get one phone call a week. You do get to email them everyday. You must stay with the group the whole time you are there, if you don't you get restraint. Ouch...What a lie. Do not send your kids there. www.starr.org

  * e.g.,  ... school Starr Commonwealth