Republican

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  • adjective. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a republic.
  • adjective. Favoring a republic as the best form of government.
  • adjective. Of, relating to, characteristic of, or belonging to the Republican Party of the United States.
  • noun. One who favors a republic as the best form of government.
  • noun. A member of the Republican Party of the United States.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of the nature of or pertaining to a republic or common wealth: as, a republican constitution or government.
  • Consonant to the principles of a republic: as, republican sentiments or opinions; republican manners.
  • Of or pertaining to or favoring the Republican party: as, a Republican senator. See below.
  • In ornithology, living in community; nesting or breeding in common: as, the republican or sociable grosbeak, Philetærus socius; the republican swallow, formerly called Hirundo respublicana. See cuts under hive-nest.
  • In United States history:
  • noun. One who favors or prefers a republican form of government.
  • noun. A member of a republican party; specifically , in United States history, a member of the Republican party.
  • noun. In ornithology, the republican swallow.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to a republic.
  • adjective. Consonant with the principles of a republic
  • adjective. 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.
  • noun. One who favors or prefers a republican form of government.
  • noun. A member of the Republican party.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side, many together.
  • noun. A South African weaver bird (Philetærus socius). These weaver birds build many nests together, under a large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw.
  • noun. See under Red.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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
  • noun. a member of the Republican Party
  • noun. a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas
  • adjective. relating to or belonging to the Republican Party
  • noun. an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy)
  • Word Usage
    "Republican dissident terror group Oghlaigh na hEireann carried out a blast bomb attack on two police officers in west Belfast, republican sources have told the Guardian."
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