republican
see also: Republican
Pronunciation
Republican
Adjective
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see also: Republican
Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ɹɪˈpʌblɪkən/
republican
- Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government, advocating or supporting republicanism. [from 17th c.]
- 2002, Colin Jones (historian), The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 222:
- 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).
- 2002, Colin Jones (historian), The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 222:
- Of or belonging to a republic. [from 17th c.]
- 18, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 1, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (
please specify ), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323 ↗:
- Italian: repubblicano
- Portuguese: republicano
- Russian: республика́нский
- French: républicain
- German: republikanisch
- Italian: repubblicano
- Portuguese: republicano
- Russian: республика́нский
republican (plural republicans)
- Someone who favors a republic as a form of government. [from 17th c.]
- 1791, James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson:
- 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...'
- 1791, James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson:
- A bird of a kind that builds many nests together: the American cliff swallow, or the South African weaver bird.
- French: républicain, républicaine
- German: Republikaner, Republikanerin
- Italian: repubblicano, repubblicana
- Portuguese: republicano, republicana
- Russian: республика́нец
- Spanish: republicano, republicana
Republican
Adjective
republican
- (US politics) Of or pertaining to the Republican Party of the United States.
- There are Libertarian, Republican and Democratic nominees running for office right now.
- Alternative letter-case form of republican.
- French: républicain
- German: republikanisch
- Italian: repubblicano
- Portuguese: republicano
- Russian: республика́нский
- Spanish: republicano
republican (plural republicans)
- (US politics) A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.
- (British, Ireland) An Irish nationalist; a proponent of a united Ireland.
- (chiefly, Ireland, now, rare) A member or supporter of Fianna Fáil, a centre-right party in Ireland.
- 1970, The Republic of Ireland: an hypothesis in eight chapters and two intermissions
- 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.
- 1970, The Republic of Ireland: an hypothesis in eight chapters and two intermissions
- (historical) A supporter of the government or left-wing side in the Spanish Civil War.
- A member of Les Républicains, a right-wing party in France.
- A member of Die Republikaner, a far-right party in Germany.
- (US politics) Republicunt (vulgar), Rethuglican (derogatory)
- French: républicain, républicaine
- German: Republikaner, Republikanerin
- Italian: repubblicano, repubblicana
- Portuguese: republicano, republicana
- Russian: республика́нец
- Spanish: republicano, republicana
- Portuguese: republicano
- Portuguese: republicano
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