NOUN
- an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown
How To Use British Commonwealth In A Sentence
- Jamaica, a member of the British Commonwealth, has a bicameral parliamentary legislative system.
- Bangladesh was part of India and Sri Lanka (Ceylon) was controlled by India which was a part of the British Commonwealth with a British Minister (called a protectorate). Think Progress » Rice: After 9-11 “We Could Decide the Proximate Cause Was Al Qaedaâ€
- After the war, Australian ships and sailors served in Japanese waters as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces.
- One of the rights we intend to preserve is to keep Ontario a strong and vigorous factor in the building of an ever stronger British Commonwealth and Empire. Ontario's Course Is Clear
- For this reason, mainly, the British Commonwealth or scheme of life which we hope we are going to hand on enriched, is through and through a democratic thing and we think we know all about democracy. The Commonwealth as Educator
- members of the British Commonwealth owe allegiance to the British Crown
- The quadrennial Commonwealth Games brought together almost 7,000 athletes and officials from 71 countries and territories from the former British commonwealth. India Orders Probe into Commonwealth Games Corruption
- The Republic of Ireland is almost entirely Roman Catholic, and it does not regard itself as British, and is not now even a supporter of the British Commonwealth of Nations.
- Imagine a bookshelf with a pair of bookends, representing women novelists who have grown up in the British Commonwealth and written bestsellers.
- Over 1,000 British Commonwealth and Allied troops were interned in the camp at one time or another and all were forced to work in the local copper mines.
