(adj) 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; - United States Constitution; ; - Philip Marsh; -Nathaniel Hawthorne, Example:the United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government; a very republican notion; so little republican and so much aristocratic sentiment; our republican and artistic simplicity

republican guard

(n) formerly Iraq's elite military unit whose primary role was to protect the government in Baghdad

republicanism

(n) the political orientation of those who hold that a republic is the best form of government

republican party

(n) the younger of two major political parties in the United States; GOP is an acronym for grand old party, Syn. GOP

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Republican

a. [ F. républicain. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a republic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consonant with the principles of a republic; as, republican sentiments or opinions; republican manners. [ 1913 Webster ]

Republican party. (U.S. Politics) (a) An earlier name of the Democratic party when it was opposed to the Federal party. Thomas Jefferson was its great leader. (b) One of the existing great parties. It was organized in 1856 by a combination of voters from other parties for the purpose of opposing the extension of slavery, and in 1860 it elected Abraham Lincoln president. [ 1913 Webster ]

Republican

n. 1. One who favors or prefers a republican form of government. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (U.S.Politics) A member of the Republican party. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) (a) The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side, many together. (b) A South African weaver bird (Philetaerus socius). These weaver birds build many nests together, under a large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw. [ 1913 Webster ]

Red republican. See under Red. [ 1913 Webster ]

Republicanism

n. [ Cf. F. républicanisme. ] 1. A republican form or system of government; the principles or theory of republican government. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Attachment to, or political sympathy for, a republican form of government. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The principles and policy of the Republican party, so called [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Republicanize

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Republicanized p. pr. & vb. n. Republicanizing ] [ Cf. F. républicaniser. ] To change, as a state, into a republic; to republican principles; as, France was republicanized; to republicanize the rising generation. D. Ramsay. [ 1913 Webster ]

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Republikaner { m } | Republikaner { pl }

republican | republicans

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