English

Adjective

Republican ‎(comparative more Republican, superlative most Republican)

1. (US politics) Of or pertaining to the Republican Party of the United States.

   There are Libertarian, Republican and Democratic nominees running for office right now.

2. Alternative letter-case form of republican.

Derived terms

• Republican motherhood

Coordinate terms

• Democratic, Green, Libertarian

Translations

Noun

Republican ‎(plural Republicans)

1. (US politics) A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.
2. (Britain, Ireland) An Irish nationalist; a proponent of a united Ireland.
3. (chiefly Ireland, now rare) A member or supporter of Fianna Fáil, a centre-right party in Ireland.
   • 1970, The Republic of Ireland: an hypothesis in eight chapters and two intermissions

     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.

4. (historical) A supporter of the government or left-wing side in the Spanish Civil War.
5. A member of Les Républicains, a right-wing party in France.
6. A member of Die Republikaner, a far-right party in Germany.

Synonyms

• (US politics): Republicunt (vulgar, derogatory), Rethuglican (derogatory)

Coordinate terms

• Green, Libertarian, Democrat

Translations

English

Adjective

republican ‎(comparative more republican, superlative most republican)

1. Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government. [from 17th c.]
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 222:

     Republican ideology had no obvious institutional focus and ideological carrier as was the case with the discourse of reason (the monarchy) and the discourse of law (the parlements).

2. Of or belonging to a republic. [from 17th c.]
   • Macaulay

     The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate.

Translations

Noun

republican ‎(plural republicans)

1. Someone who favors a republic as a form of government. [from 17th c.]
   • 1791, James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson:

     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...'

2. A bird of a kind that builds many nests together: the American cliff swallow, or the South African weaver bird.

See also

• anti-monarchist (1)
• antiroyalist (1)
• egalitarian (2)
• antifascist (4)
• rational (5)

Translations

Ladin

Adjective

republican m (feminine singular republicana, masculine plural republicans, feminine plural republicanes)

1. republican

Related terms

• republica

Spanish

Verb

republican

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of republicar.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of republicar.