The ~ is all the people of a nation when they are considered as a complete political group. (FORMAL)
...the king was the head of the ~.
N-SING: usu the N
The ~ is all the people of a nation when they are considered as a complete political group. (FORMAL)
...the king was the head of the ~.
N-SING: usu the N
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012