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

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

1. Republicanadjective

   of or pertaining to a republic

   Etymology: [F. rpublicain.]

2. Republicanadjective

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

   Etymology: [F. rpublicain.]

3. Republicannoun

   one who favors or prefers a republican form of government

   Etymology: [F. rpublicain.]

4. Republicannoun

   a member of the Republican party

   Etymology: [F. rpublicain.]

5. Republicannoun

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

   Etymology: [F. rpublicain.]

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

   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

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   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. Nate Cohn:

   In recent decades, the Republicans have done really well in this process. They have controlled the redistricting process in more states than Democrats, and they’ve used that power to draw more Republican-leaning districts than Democrats.

2. Kamala Harris:

   It’s Joe Biden, and don’t start talking like a Republican, about asking whether or not he’s president, and it's Joe Biden, and I'm vice president, and my name is Kamala Harris.

3. Rina Shah:

   Women are in the back seat in the Republican Party right now, despite the head of the Republican Party being a woman, that's not enough.

4. Donald Trump:

   Look, we have expanded the Republican Party, they came from the Democratic Party, or the Democrat Party, and they're Democrats and they're long-time Democrats and they were never going to switch and they all switched. And they were independents.

5. Donald Trump:

   Based on the fact that the Democratic nominating process is totally rigged and Crooked Hillary Clinton and Deborah Wasserman Schultz will not allow Bernie Sanders to win, and now that I am the presumptive Republican nominee, it seems inappropriate that I would debate the second place finisher, likewise, the networks want to make a killing on these events and are not proving to be too generous to charitable causes, in this case, women's health issues. Therefore, as much as I want to debate Bernie Sanders -- and it would be an easy payday -- I will wait to debate the first place finisher in the Democratic Party, probably Crooked Hillary Clinton, or whoever it may be.

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