republican

adj

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. Of or belonging to a republic.

   “The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate.”

3. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of Republican.
4. (US)Of or pertaining to the Republican Party of the United States.

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

   “Republican Erik Yassenoff, 38, was born in Upper Arlington, went to school there, served on city council, and, if elected, would bring to the Statehouse a breadth of knowledge about policy and state government rarely seen from a freshman member.”

   “But a huge bloc of non-Hispanic white residents without bachelor’s degrees — 72 percent of the population age 25 or older — has turned the 7th District into Republican turf.”

   “Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah both confirmed that a bipartisan group of lawmakers will have a series of video meetings starting in the next several days to see if they could agree on a deal soon.”

5. Of or pertaining to the Republic of China's tenure on the Chinese mainland (1912-1949).
6. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of republican.

noun

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...'”

   “I guess I am a bit of a republican at heart but I would love to be introduced to the Prince just to be able to grip him off about seeing the Noisy Scrub-bird.”

   “Nationalists and republicans need to adopt a new approach to convince unionists of the merits of uniting Ireland, Gerry Adams has said.”

   “A son of slain republicans Dominic and Mary McGlinchey has brought High Court actions claiming the State has failed to properly investigate his parents' murders.”

2. Synonym of American cliff swallow.
3. Synonym of sociable weaver.
4. (US)A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.

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

   “The vote was 54-46. The vote was mostly along party lines though Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania joined Republicans in supporting Bondi.”

5. (British, Ireland)An Irish nationalist; a proponent of a united Ireland.
6. (Ireland, archaic)A member or supporter of Fianna Fáil, a centre-right party in Ireland.

   “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.”

7. (historical)A supporter of the government or left-wing side in the Spanish Civil War.
8. A member of Les Républicains, a right-wing party in France.
9. A member of Die Republikaner, a far-right party in Germany.

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