REPUBLICAN

republican

(adjective) 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

republican

(adjective) relating to or belonging to the Republican Party; “a Republican senator”; “Republican party politics”

Republican, Republican River

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

republican

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

Republican

(noun) a member of the Republican Party

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

republican (comparative more republican, superlative most republican)

Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government, advocating or supporting republicanism. [from 17th c.]

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

Noun

republican (plural republicans)

Someone who favors a republic as a form of government. [from 17th c.]

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

Synonyms

• anti-monarchist

• antiroyalist

Adjective

Republican (comparative more Republican, superlative most Republican)

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

Coordinate terms: Democratic, Green, Libertarian

Alternative letter-case form of republican.

Noun

Republican (plural Republicans)

(US politics) A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.

Synonyms: Republicunt (vulgar, derogatory), Retardican (derogatory), Rethuglican (derogatory)

Coordinate terms: Democrat, Green, Libertarian

(British, Ireland) An Irish nationalist; a proponent of a united Ireland.

(chiefly, Ireland, now, rare) A member or supporter of Fianna Fáil, a centre-right party in Ireland.

(historical) 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.

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*pub"lic*an (-l-kan), a. Etym: [F. républicain.]

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.

Re*pub"lic*an (r-pb"l-kan), n.

1. One who favors or prefers a republican form of government.

2. (U.S.Politics)

Definition: A member of the Republican party.

3. (Zoöl.) (a) The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side, many together. (b) A South African weaver bird (Philetærus socius). These weaver birds build many nests together, under a large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw. Red republican. See under Red.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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