republican
IPA: rɪpˈʌbɫɪkʌn
noun
- Someone who favors a republic as a form of government.
- A bird of a kind that builds many nests together: the American cliff swallow, or the South African weaver bird.
- (US politics) A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.
- (Britain, 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.
- (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.
adjective
- Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government, advocating or supporting republicanism.
- Of or belonging to a republic.
- (US politics) Of or pertaining to the Republican Party of the United States.
- Alternative letter-case form of Republican. [(US politics) Of or pertaining to the Republican Party of the United States.]
- Alternative letter-case form of republican. [Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government, advocating or supporting republicanism.]
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Examples of "republican" in Sentences
- He was a republican and a millenarian.
- Dow was a republican and a millenarian.
- House Republicans trample their leader.
- It's also likely to galvanize Republicans.
- The libertarian Republican won the election.
- The convention endorsed the Republican ticket.
- The democrats say it is the republicans' fault.
- Democrats accused Republicans of hypocrisy and disloyalty.
- It is considered the libertarian wing of the Republican Party.
- Contrarily, it has turned into an embarrassment for Republicans.
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