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re·pub·li·can
(rĭ-pŭb′lĭ-kən)adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a republic.
2. Favoring a republic as the best form of government.
3. Republican Of, relating to, characteristic of, or belonging to the Republican Party of the United States.
n.
1. One who favors a republic as the best form of government.
2. Republican A member of the Republican Party of the United States.
re·pub′li·can·ism n.
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republican
(rɪˈpʌblɪkən)adj
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of, resembling, or relating to a republic
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) supporting or advocating a republic
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a supporter or advocate of a republic
Republican
(rɪˈpʌblɪkən)adj
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of, belonging to, or relating to a Republican Party
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of, belonging to, or relating to the Irish Republican Army
n
3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a member or supporter of a Republican Party
4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a member or supporter of the Irish Republican Army
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re•pub•li•can
(rɪˈpʌb lɪ kən)adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a republic.
2. favoring a republic.
3. fitting or appropriate for a citizen of a republic.
4. (cap.) of or pertaining to the Republican Party.
n. 5. a person who favors a republican form of government.
6. (cap.) a member of the Republican Party.
[1685–95; < French républicain, Middle French]
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Noun | 1. | Republican - a member of the Republican Party GOP, Republican Party - the younger of two major political parties in the United States; GOP is an acronym for grand old party |
2. | republican - an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy) | |
3. | Republican - a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas | |
Adj. | 1. | republican - relating to or belonging to the Republican Party; "a Republican senator"; "Republican party politics" |
2. | republican - 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; "the United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government"- United States Constitution; "a very republican notion"; "so little republican and so much aristocratic sentiment"- Philip Marsh; "our republican and artistic simplicity"-Nathaniel Hawthorne democratic - characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality; "democratic government"; "a democratic country"; "a democratic scorn for bloated dukes and lords"- George du Maurier |
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Republican
adjective
1. right-wing, Conservative Senator John McCain, Mr Bush's rival for the Republican nomination
noun
1. right-winger, Conservative President Clinton is under pressure from Republicans in Congress.
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Translations
جُمْهوريمُؤَيِّد للنِّظام الجُمْهوري
-karepublikánrepublikánský
republikaner
tasavaltalainen
köztársaságiköztársaságpárti
lÿîveldis-lÿîveldissinnaîur; lÿîveldissinni
republikánrepublikánsky
Cumhuriyetçicumhuriyete ait
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Republican
republican [rɪˈpʌblɪkən] adj
(in US) [voter, senator, governor, campaign, candidate, leader] → républicain(e)
(in Ireland) → républicain(e)
n
(in US) → républicain(e) m/f
(in Ireland) → républicain(e) m/f
republican
[rɪˈpʌblɪkən] adj
[government, system] → républicain
n
→ républicain(e) m/f
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republican
[rɪˈpʌblɪkən] adj & n → repubblicano/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
republic
(rəˈpablik) noun (a country with) a form of government in which there is no king or queen, the power of government, law-making etc being given to one or more elected representatives (eg a president, members of a parliament etc). The United States is a republic – the United Kingdom is not.
reˈpublican adjective1. of a republic. a republican form of government.
2. (also noun) (a person) who supports a republican form of government. He is not a monarchist – he is a republican; my republican friends.
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