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body politic

American  

noun

Political Science.

  1. a people regarded as a political body under an organized government.

body politic British  

noun

  1. the people of a nation or the nation itself considered as a political entity; the state

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Etymology

Origin of body politic

1425–75; late Middle English bodi politik

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