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Nation

A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock.

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Ally 76% connected

To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; -- often fo…

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British 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; -- sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants.

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Dominion 76% connected

Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy.

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Dutch 76% connected

Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.

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English 76% connected

Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race.

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French 76% connected

Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants.

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Irish 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland.

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Power 76% connected

Same as Poor, the fish.

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Spanish 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.

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Suzerain 76% connected

A superior lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a lord paramount.

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Swiss 76% connected

A native or inhabitant of Switzerland; a Switzer; the people of Switzerland.

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Tribe 76% connected

A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, desc…

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Confederacy 76% connected

A league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or common action; alliance.

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Confederation 76% connected

The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or states.

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Federation 76% connected

The act of uniting in a league; confederation.

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People 76% connected

The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.

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Estate 70% connected

Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation.

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National 70% connected

Of or pertaining to a nation; common to a whole people or race; public; general; as, a national government, language, dress, custom, calamity, etc.

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Subject 70% connected

Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

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Commonwealth 92% connected

A state; a body politic consisting of a certain number of men, united, by compact or tacit agreement, under one form of government and system of laws.

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Country 92% connected

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region o…

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Land 92% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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State 92% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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