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New Commonwealth
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English
Proper noun
New Commonwealth 1
en UK dated Recently decolonized countries, especially nonwhite developing countries.
Usage notes
Often used in debates about immigration to Britain in the 1960s and 1970s. Despite the name, the included countries were not necessarily the newest members of the Commonwealth.