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republican definition

re·pub·li·can (ri pub′li kən)

adjective

  1. of, characteristic of, or having the nature of, a republic
  2. favoring, or in accord with the nature of, a republic
  3. ☆ of, belonging to, or characteristic of the Republican Party

noun

  1. a person who favors a republican form of government
  2. ☆ a member of the Republican Party

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republican Synonyms

republican

modif.

democratic, constitutional, popular, electoral, autonomous, sovereign, representative; see also democratic.

Antonyms authoritarian, autocratic*, fascist.


republican

n.

democrat, Jacobin, liberal, progressive, socialist, constitutionalist, Rousseauist; see also democrat.


Republican

n.

registered Republican, member of the G.O.P., Young Republican, Old Line Republican, elephant*, member of the Old Guard*; see also conservative.


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republican Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • say: He said republicans were coming at the current situation from a number of different directions.

Adjective modifier

Noun used with modifier

  • rinos: Against rinos republicans sails were raised the guide's authors be cautious.
  • must-reads: What's ahead in must-reads republican national at just carnival anchor for our.
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republican quotes

Ever since the Republican landslide on Nov 8, it's been getting dark outside a little earlier every day.You notice that?

-Cuomo, Mario Matthew

I had been unaware that baseball was a Republican sport.

-Robbins,Tim

There is nothing so bad or so good that you will not find Englishmen doing it; but you will never find an Englishman in the wrong. He does everything on principle. He fights you on patriotic principles; he robs you on business principles; he enslaves you on imperial principles; he bullies you on manly principles; he supportshiskingon loyal principles and cuts off hishead on republican principles.

-Shaw, George Bernard

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