French Community

American  

noun

1. a cultural and economic association of France, its overseas departments and territories, and former French territories that chose to maintain association after becoming independent republics: formed 1958.

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French Community British  

noun

1. an international association consisting of France and a number of former French colonies: founded in 1958 as a successor to the French Union

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Example Sentences

Amidst it all, the French West Indies�Martinique, Guadeloupe and their islet dependencies�glide ever closer to full membership in Charles de Gaulle's French Community.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last month Guinea negotiated a series of agreements which to a considerable extent place the country squarely back in the French Community.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bowing to the nationalist drive in black Africa, France's De Gaulle recently agreed to what 20 months ago he refused to contemplate: full independence for African nations within the French Community.

From Time Magazine Archive

A year and a half ago, France abruptly stalked out of Guinea, and left it to fend for itself, the first nation to declare its independence from the new French Community.

From Time Magazine Archive

Remember him, the fellow from Guadeloupe in the French West Indies, used to be an operative of the African Affairs sector of the French Community?

From Border, Breed Nor Birth by Reynolds, Mack