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Republican

//ɹɪˈpʌblɪkən// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government, advocating or supporting republicanism.

    "Republican ideology had no obvious institutional focus and ideological carrier as was the case with the discourse of reason (the monarchy) and the discourse of law (the parlements)."

  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to the Republican Party of the United States. US

    "There are Libertarian, Republican and Democratic nominees running for office right now."

  3. 3
    Of or belonging to a republic.

    "The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate."

  4. 4
    Of or pertaining to the Republic of China's tenure on the Chinese mainland (1912-1949).
  5. 5
    Alternative letter-case form of Republican. alt-of
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  1. 6
    Alternative letter-case form of republican. alt-of
Adjective
  1. 1
    having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government wordnet
  2. 2
    relating to or belonging to the Republican Party wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who favors a republic as a form of government.

    "Sir, there is one Mrs Macaulay in this town, a great republican. One day when I was at her house, I put on a very grave countenance, and said to her, 'Madam, I am now become a convert to your way of thinking. I am convinced that all mankind are upon an equal footing...'"

  2. 2
    A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States. US

    "Famine, pestilence, war… War! I like it! When did you become a Republican."

  3. 3
    an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy) wordnet
  4. 4
    Synonym of American cliff swallow.
  5. 5
    An Irish nationalist; a proponent of a united Ireland. British, Ireland
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  1. 6
    a member of the Republican Party wordnet
  2. 7
    Synonym of sociable weaver.
  3. 8
    A member or supporter of Fianna Fáil, a centre-right party in Ireland. Ireland, archaic

    "It was confident both that the Republicans would never put it out to put Cosgrave in, and that Fine Gael was equally against the Republicans."

  4. 9
    A supporter of the government or left-wing side in the Spanish Civil War. historical
  5. 10
    A member of Les Républicains, a right-wing party in France.
  6. 11
    A member of Die Republikaner, a far-right party in Germany.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From republic + -an, partly after French républicain.

Etymology 2

From republic + -an, partly after French républicain.

Etymology 3

From republican (“favoring a republic”).

Etymology 4

From republican (“favoring a republic”).

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