commonwealth english
/K AA1 M AH0 N W EH0 L TH IH0 NG G L IH0 SH/noun
- 1
(uncommon) The generalised variety of English spoken and written primarily in the United Kingdom and its former colonies, sometimes excluding Canada (especially in the context of pronunciation); always excluding the United States of America. (i.e. non-American English)
- 2
(rare) The group of varieties of English used in the ex-colonial member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, in distinction to the varieties used in Britain itself
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