Definitions for Republican
rɪˈpʌb lɪ kənRe·pub·li·can

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Republicannoun

   a member of the Republican Party

2. republicannoun

   an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy)

3. Republican, Republican Riveradjective

   a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas

4. republicanadjective

   relating to or belonging to the Republican Party

   "a Republican senator"; "Republican party politics"

5. republicanadjective

   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

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. republicannoun

   Someone who favors a republic as a form of government.

2. republicanadjective

   Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government.

3. republicanadjective

   Of or belonging to a republic.

4. Republicannoun

   An Irish nationalist; a proponent of a united Ireland.

5. Republicannoun

   A supporter of the government or left-wing side in the Spanish Civil War.

6. Republicannoun

   A member or supporter of the Republican Party of the United States

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Republicanadjective

   Placing the government in the people.

   Etymology: from republick.

2. Republicannoun

   One who thinks a commonwealth without monarchy the best government.

   Etymology: from republick.

   These people are more happy in imagination than the rest of their neighbours, because they think themselves so; though such a chimerical happiness is not peculiar to republicans. Add.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Republicanadjective

   of or pertaining to a republic

2. Republicanadjective

   consonant with the principles of a republic; as, republican sentiments or opinions; republican manners

3. Republicannoun

   one who favors or prefers a republican form of government

4. Republicannoun

   a member of the Republican party

5. Republicannoun

   the American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side, many together

6. Republicannoun

   a South African weaver bird (Philetaerus socius). These weaver birds build many nests together, under a large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw

7. Etymology: [F. rpublicain.]

Matched Categories

1. • Advocate
   • Politician

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Republican' in Nouns Frequency: #2102

How to pronounce Republican?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Republican in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Republican in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Republican in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Republican in a Sentence

1. Kim Reynolds:

   Republican governors across America are leading the charge in defending liberty and security unmatched economic prosperity in our states, the Biden administration is governing from the far-left, ignoring the problems of working-class Americans while pushing an agenda that stifles free speech, free though, and economic freedom. The American people have had enough, but there is an alternative, and that’s what I look forward to on Tuesday evening.

2. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal:

   I think we'll have a bigger conversation first within the Republican Party, then with the American people about what's the proper role of the federal government, i do hope that Common Core will be one more, one more reason for us to have this bigger debate, this bigger conversation about the proper role of the federal government in local education.

3. Gail Ernst:

   I didn't want to share Republican Senate with anybody, and in the era of #MeToo survivors, I always believed that every person is different and they will confront their demons when they're ready, and I was not ready.

4. Elise Stefanik:

   To go from 13 to nearly 50 Republican women in two cycles is a huge, huge victory, and shame on the mainstream media for smearing this effort and saying it wasn’t possible.

5. Carrie Severino:

   Thirty years ago, a different Republican Senate rejected Senator Sessions’ nomination to a federal judgeship. In doing so, that Senate affirmed that there can be no compromise with racism; no negotiation with hate. Today, a new Republican Senate must decide whether self-interest and political cowardice will prevent them from once again doing what is right.

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