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re·pub·li·can

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–adjective

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.	(initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the Republican party.

–noun

5.	a person who favors a republican form of government.

6.	(initial capital letter) a member of the Republican party.

[Origin: 1685–95; < F républicain, MF. See republic, -an

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Republican River

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a river flowing E from E Colorado through Nebraska and Kansas into the Kansas River. 422 mi. (680 km) long.

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re·pub·li·can Audio Help (rĭ-pŭb'lĭ-kən) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a republic.
Favoring a republic as the best form of government.
Republican Of, relating to, characteristic of, or belonging to the Republican Party of the United States.

One who favors a republic as the best form of government.
Republican A member of the Republican Party of the United States.

re·pub'li·can·ism n.

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republican
adjective
1.	relating to or belonging to the Republican Party; "a Republican senator"; "Republican party politics"
2.	having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government; "the United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government"- United States Constitution; "a very republican notion"; "so little republican and so much aristocratic sentiment"- Philip Marsh; "our republican and artistic simplicity"-Nathaniel Hawthorne
noun
1.	a member of the Republican Party
2.	an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy)
3.	a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas

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reˈpublican1 adjective

of a republic
Example: a republican form of government

Arabic:	جُمْهوري
Chinese (Simplified):	共和国的
Chinese (Traditional):	共和國的
Czech:	republikánský
Danish:	republikansk
Dutch:	republikeins
Estonian:	vabariiklik
Finnish:	tasavaltainen
French:	républicain
German:	republikanisch
Greek:	δημοκρατικός
Hungarian:	köztársasági
Icelandic:	lÿðveldis-
Indonesian:	republiken
Italian:	repubblicano

Japanese:	共和制の
Korean:	공화국의
Latvian:	republikas-; republikānisks
Lithuanian:	respublikos, respublikinis
Norwegian:	republikansk
Polish:	republikański
Portuguese (Brazil):	republicano
Portuguese (Portugal):	republicano
Romanian:	republican
Russian:	республиканский
Slovak:	republikánsky
Slovenian:	republikanski; republiški
Spanish:	republicano
Swedish:	republikansk
Turkish:	cumhuriyete ait

reˈpublican2 adjective

(also noun) (a person) who supports a republican form of government
Example: He is not a monarchist — he is a republican; my republican friends

Arabic:	مُؤَيِّد للنِّظام الجُمْهوري
Chinese (Simplified):	共和主义者，共和党人
Chinese (Traditional):	共和主義者，共和黨人
Czech:	republikán, -ka
Danish:	republikaner; republikansk
Dutch:	republikein
Estonian:	vabariiklane
French:	républicain, *-aine
German:	der, *die Republikaner(in); republikanisch
Greek:	ρεπουμπλικάνος
Hungarian:	köztársaságpárti
Icelandic:	lÿðveldissinnaður; lÿðveldissinni
Indonesian:	republiken
Italian:	repubblicano
Japanese:	共和主義の

Korean:	공화주의의; 공화주의자
Latvian:	republikānis
Lithuanian:	respublikonas; respublikonų
Norwegian:	republikaner
Polish:	republikanin
Portuguese (Brazil):	republicano
Portuguese (Portugal):	republicano
Romanian:	republican
Russian:	республиканец
Slovak:	republikán, -ka
Slovenian:	republikanski
Spanish:	republicano
Swedish:	republikan
Turkish:	Cumhuriyetçi

See also: republic, "republican" in any language

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
Republican

A member of the Republican party.

[Chapter:] American Politics

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Republican City, NE (village, FIPS 41130) Location: 40.10026 N, 99.22244 W
Population (1990): 199 (235 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68971

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Republican

Re*pub"lic*an\ (-l?-kan), a. [F. r['e]publicain.]

1. Of or pertaining to a republic.

The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate. --Macaulay.

2. Consonant with the principles of a republic; as, republican sentiments or opinions; republican manners.

Republican party. (U.S. Politics) (a) An earlier name of the Democratic party when it was opposed to the Federal party. Thomas Jefferson was its great leader. (b) One of the existing great parties. It was organized in 1856 by a combination of voters from other parties for the purpose of opposing the extension of slavery, and in 1860 it elected Abraham Lincoln president.

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Republican

Re*pub"lic*an\ (r?-p?b"l?-kan), n. 1. One who favors or prefers a republican form of government.

2. (U.S.Politics) A member of the Republican party.

3. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side, many together. (b) A South African weaver bird (Philet[ae]rus socius). These weaver birds build many nests together, under a large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw.

Red republican. See under Red.

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