单词 | old commonwealth |
释义 | > as lemmasOld Commonwealth Old Commonwealth n. Canada, Australia, New Zealand (and South Africa before 1961); cf. New Commonwealth n. and commonwealth n. 6. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > aggregate of sovereign states under one rule > Commonwealth or former British Empire > part of Oceana1886 New Commonwealth1958 Old Commonwealth1965 1965 New Society 26 Aug. 18/1 The ‘old’ Commonwealth consists of Canada, Australia and New Zealand; the ‘new’ Commonwealth includes all remaining Commonwealth countries. 1991 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 9 Mar. 561/1 Similarly, immigrants from Australia, Canada, and New Zealand have been aggregated as old Commonwealth. < as lemmas |
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