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republican¹
- /ɹɪˈpʌblɪkən/
Rhymes with -ʌblɪkən
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der.
Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís
Proto-Italic *reis
Latin rēs
Proto-Italic *poplosder.
Old Latin poplusder.
Old Latin poplicus
Latin pūblicus
Latin pūblica
Latin rēspūblica
Latin rēpūblicālbor.
Middle French republiquebor.
English republic
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Proto-Italic *-ānos
Latin -ānus
Old French -ainder.
Middle English -an
English -an
French républicainder.
English republican
From republic + -an, partly after French républicain.
adjective more republican · most republican
- Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government, advocating or supporting republicanism. [Editor David W. Blight said:] Until his death in April 1817 (ten months before Douglass’s birth), Bingham remained a remarkable mixture of at least three elements. He held to a devout Congregationalist faith and Puritan sensibility (believing in human depravity and the sovereignty of God, and dress
- Of or belonging to a republic. The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate.
- Alternative letter-case form of Republican.Republican
noun republicans
- 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...'
- Synonym of American cliff swallow.
- Synonym of sociable weaver.
Republican²
- /ɹɨˈpʌ.blɨ.kɨn/
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der.
Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís
Proto-Italic *reis
Latin rēs
Proto-Italic *poplosder.
Old Latin poplusder.
Old Latin poplicus
Latin pūblicus
Latin pūblica
Latin rēspūblica
Latin rēpūblicālbor.
Middle French republiquebor.
English republic
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Proto-Italic *-ānos
Latin -ānus
Old French -ainder.
Middle English -an
English -an
French républicainder.
English republican
English Republican
From republican (“favoring a republic”).
adjective more Republican · most Republican
- Of or pertaining to the Republican Party of the United States. There are Libertarian, Republican and Democratic nominees running for office right now.
- Of or pertaining to the Republic of China's tenure on the Chinese mainland (1912-1949).
- Alternative letter-case form of republican.republican
noun Republicans
- 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.
- An Irish nationalist; a proponent of a united Ireland, particularly one who supports armed struggle to achieve this.
- 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.
- A supporter of the government or left-wing side in the Spanish Civil War.
- A member of Les Républicains, a right-wing party in France.
- A member of Die Republikaner, a far-right party in Germany.
proper noun
- A township in Jefferson County, Indiana.
- A township in Clay County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Bertie County, North Carolina.
