Synonyms: land, nation, country
Definition: the people who live in a nation or country
Usage: a statement that sums up the nation's mood; the news was announced to the nation; the whole country worshipped him
Similar words: people
Definition: (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
Usage: old people; there were at least 200 people in the audience
Synonyms: res publica, state, country, commonwealth, body politic, nation, land
Definition: a politically organized body of people under a single government
Usage: the state has elected a new president; African nations; students who had come to the nation's capitol; the country's largest manufacturer; an industrialized land
Similar words: political entity, political unit
Definition: a unit with political responsibilities
Synonyms: nation
Definition: a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)
Usage: the Shawnee nation
Similar words: confederacy, confederation, federation
Definition: a union of political organizations
Synonyms: Nation, Carry Amelia Moore Nation, Carry Nation
Definition: United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
Similar words: dry, prohibitionist
Definition: a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages