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re·pub·li·can
(rĭ-pŭb′lĭ-kən)adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a republic.
2. Favoring a republic as the best form of government.
3. Republican Of, relating to, characteristic of, or belonging to the Republican Party of the United States.
n.
1. One who favors a republic as the best form of government.
2. Republican A member of the Republican Party of the United States.
re·pub′li·can·ism n.
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republican
(rɪˈpʌblɪkən)adj
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of, resembling, or relating to a republic
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) supporting or advocating a republic
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a supporter or advocate of a republic
Republican
(rɪˈpʌblɪkən)adj
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of, belonging to, or relating to a Republican Party
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of, belonging to, or relating to the Irish Republican Army
n
3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a member or supporter of a Republican Party
4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a member or supporter of the Irish Republican Army
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re•pub•li•can
(rɪˈpʌb lɪ kən)adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a republic.
2. favoring a republic.
3. fitting or appropriate for a citizen of a republic.
4. (cap.) of or pertaining to the Republican Party.
n. 5. a person who favors a republican form of government.
6. (cap.) a member of the Republican Party.
[1685–95; < French républicain, Middle French]
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Noun 1. [画像:republican - a member of the Republican Party]Republican - a member of the Republican Party
GOP, Republican Party - the younger of two major political parties in the United States; GOP is an acronym for grand old party
2. republican - an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy)
3. Republican - a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas
Adj. 1. republican - relating to or belonging to the Republican Party; "a Republican senator"; "Republican party politics"
2. republican - 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
democratic - characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality; "democratic government"; "a democratic country"; "a democratic scorn for bloated dukes and lords"- George du Maurier
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Republican
adjective
1. right-wing, Conservative Senator John McCain, Mr Bush's rival for the Republican nomination
noun
1. right-winger, Conservative President Clinton is under pressure from Republicans in Congress.
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Translations
جُمْهوريمُؤَيِّد للنِّظام الجُمْهوري
-karepublikánrepublikánský
republikaner
tasavaltalainen
köztársaságiköztársaságpárti
lÿîveldis-lÿîveldissinnaîur; lÿîveldissinni
republikánrepublikánsky
Cumhuriyetçi cumhuriyete ait
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Republican
republican [rɪˈpʌblɪkən] adj
(in US) [voter, senator, governor, campaign, candidate, leader] → républicain(e)
(in Ireland) → républicain(e)
n
(in US) → républicain(e) m/f
(in Ireland) → républicain(e) m/f
republican
[rɪˈpʌblɪkən] adj
[government, system] → républicain
n
→ républicain(e) m/f
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republican
[rɪˈpʌblɪkən] adj & n → repubblicano/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
republic
(rəˈpablik) noun (a country with) a form of government in which there is no king or queen, the power of government, law-making etc being given to one or more elected representatives (eg a president, members of a parliament etc). The United States is a republic – the United Kingdom is not. republiek جُمْهورِيَّه република república republika die Republik republik δημοκρατία república vabariik نظام جمهوری tasavalta république רפובליקה गणतंत्र republika köztársaság republik lÿðveldi repubblica 共和制 공화국 respublika republika republik republiek republikk republika جميوريت، ولسى حكومت دخلكوپه رايه جوړشوى حكومت república republică республика republika republika republika republik สาธารณรัฐ cumhuriyet 共和國 республіка جمہوریہ nước cộng hòa 共和国
reˈpublican adjective1. of a republic. a republican form of government. republikeins جُمْهوري републикански republicano republikánský republikanisch republikansk δημοκρατικός republicano vabariiklik وابسته به نظام جمهوری tasavaltalainen républicain רפובליקני गणतांत्रिक republički köztársasági republiken lÿðveldis- repubblicano 共和制の 공화국의 respublikos, respublikinis republikas-; republikānisks kerajaan republik republikeins republikansk republikański جمهوريت غوښتونكى، دجمهورى حكومت پرخوا republicano republican республиканский republikánsky republikanski; republiški republički republikansk เกี่ยวกับสาธารณรัฐ cumhuriyete ait 共和國的 республіканський جمہوری cộng hòa 共和国的
2. (also noun) (a person) who supports a republican form of government. He is not a monarchist – he is a republican; my republican friends. republikein مُؤَيِّد للنِّظام الجُمْهوري републиканец republicano republikán, -ka der/die Republikaner; republikanisch republikaner; republikansk ρεπουμπλικάνος republicano vabariiklane جمهوری خواه tasavaltalainen républicain/-aine רפובליקני गणतंत्रवादी (व्यक्ति) republikanac köztársaságpárti republiken lÿðveldissinnaður; lÿðveldissinni repubblicano 共和主義の 공화주의자 respublikonas; respublikonų republikānis berfahaman republik republikein republikaner republikanin حكومت پرخوا republicano republican республиканец republikán, -ka republikanski republikanski republikan ผู้สนับสนุนเกี่ยวกับสาธารณรัฐ Cumhuriyetçi 共和主義的,共和主義者,共和黨(人)的 республіканський; республіканець جمہوریت پسند người theo chủ nghĩa cộng hòa 共和主义者,共和党人
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