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† commonˈwealth's-man, -ˈwealths-man Obs. exc. Hist.
Also commonˈwealthman.
[Cf. statesman, townsman, tradesman, etc.]
†1. One devoted to the interests of the commonwealth; good c. = good citizen, patriot. Obs.
1579J. Stubbes Gaping Gulf D j b, More like Basciaes to the great Turke, then Christian commonwealthmen. 1593Tell-Troth's New Y. Gift 37 He..can be but a bad common wealthes man which is an ill husband. 1622T. Scott Belg. Pismire 28 These..degenerating from the nobilitie and vertue of their Ancestors, become of Common-wealths-men Common-woes-men. 1677A. Yarranton Eng. Improv. 109 You are not a good Commonwealths-man, if you do not give me leave to Print this; for it will be a general good to the Clothing-Trade. 1742Richardson Pamela III. 385 Their next Heir cannot well be a worse Commonwealth's-man.
2. Hist. An adherent of the English Commonwealth in the 17th c.; also gen., an adherent of a republican government, a republican (obs.).
1658–9Burton's Diary (1828) IV. 210 To build upon the Union made by those Commonwealth-men, I cannot consent. 1683Apol. Prot. France v. 62 The greatest cry against the French Protestants, as Commonwealthsmen and Traytors. 1779–81Johnson L.P., Parnell, Thomas Parnell was the son of a commonwealthsman..who, at the Restoration, left..Cheshire..and settled in Ireland. 1824New Monthly Mag. X. 573 The characters of the republicans or commonwealthsmen. |