republic

The definition of a republic is a form of government where citizens have the power and choose representatives to represent them.

(noun)

An example of republic is the Czech Republic.

See republic in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. a state or nation in which the supreme power rests in all the citizens entitled to vote (the electorate) and is exercised by representatives elected, directly or indirectly, by them and responsible to them
2. the form of government of such a state or nation
3. a specified republican regime of a nation: the Fifth Republic of France
any group whose members are regarded as having a certain equality or common aims, pursuits, etc.: the republic of letters
a state or nation with a president as its titular head
any of the constituent territorial and political units of the U.S.S.R., Yugoslavia, etc.

Origin: MFr république < L respublica < res, thing, affair, interest (see real) + publica, fem. of publicus, public

See republic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. A political order whose head of state is not a monarch and in modern times is usually a president.
b. A nation that has such a political order.
a. A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them.
b. A nation that has such a political order.
often Republic A specific republican government of a nation: the Fourth Republic of France.
An autonomous or partially autonomous political and territorial unit belonging to a sovereign federation.
A group of people working as equals in the same sphere or field: the republic of letters.

Origin:

Origin: French république

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin rēspūblica

Origin: : rēs, thing; see rē- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + pūblica

Origin: , feminine of pūblicus, of the people; see public

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