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• Republican — can refer to: * Classical republicanism, classical theory of the origins and functioning of a commonwealth as a political community * Advocates of a republic, a form of government, not a monarchy or dictatorship ** Republicanism, the ideology in… …   Wikipedia

• Republican — Ⅰ. Republican ► a member or supporter of the Republican party in the US: »There will be no new taxes as long as the Republicans are in charge. → Compare DEMOCRAT(Cf. ↑democrat) Main Entry: ↑republican …   Financial and business terms

• republican — Ⅰ. republican UK US /rɪˈpʌblɪkən/ noun [C] POLITICS ► a person who supports the idea of countries having a president, rather than a king or queen: »She is a convinced republican. ● Republican Cf. Republican Ⅱ. republican UK US /rɪˈpʌblɪkən/… …   Financial and business terms

• republican — ► ADJECTIVE 1) belonging to or characteristic of a republic. 2) advocating republican government. 3) (Republican) (in the US) supporting the Republican Party. ► NOUN 1) a person advocating republican government. 2) ( …   English terms dictionary

• republican — REPUBLICÁN, Ă, republicani, e, adj., s.m. şi f. 1. adj. Care aparţine republicii, privitor la republică. 2. s.m. şi f. Adept al republicii ca formă de guvernământ. – Din it. republicano, fr. républicain. Trimis de ana zecheru, 13.09.2007. Surs …   Dicționar Român

• Republican — Re*pub lic*an ( l? kan), a. [F. r[ e]publicain.] 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Republican — Re*pub lic*an (r? p?b l? kan), 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. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• republican — [ri pub′li kən] adj. 1. of, characteristic of, or having the nature of, a republic 2. favoring, or in accord with the nature of, a republic ☆ 3. [R ] of, belonging to, or characteristic of the Republican Party n. 1. a person who favors a… …   English World dictionary

• republican — (adj.) 1712, belonging to a republic, from REPUBLIC (Cf. republic) + an (see IAN (Cf. ian)). In noun sense of one who favors a republic, it is recorded from 1690s; and in sense of a member of a specific U.S. political party (the Anti Federalists) …   Etymology dictionary

• republican — [[t]rɪpʌ̱blɪkən[/t]] ♦♦ republicans 1) ADJ Republican means relating to a republic. In republican systems of government, power is held by the people or the representatives that they elect. ...the nations that had adopted the republican form of… …   English dictionary

• republican — /ri pub li keuhn/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a republic. 2. favoring a republic. 3. fitting or appropriate for the citizen of a republic: a very republican notion. 4. (cap.) of or pertaining to the Republican party. n. 5. a… …   Universalium