J. A. Froude's name for: the British maritime empire. Now rare.
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释义 | 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 (3) Oceana1886 J. A. Froude's name for: the British maritime empire. Now rare. New Commonwealth1958 With singular agreement. The countries of the British Commonwealth which have become independent since 1945. Old Commonwealth1965 Canada, Australia, New Zealand (and South Africa before 1961); cf. New Commonwealth, n. and commonwealth, n. 6. |
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