noun. 
                    A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.
                  
                
                  
                    noun. 
                    A state, which may or may not be a monarchy, in which the executive and legislative branches of government are separate.
                  
                
                  
                    noun. 
                    One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.