English Explanatory Dictionary

republican

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government, advocating or supporting republicanism.
  2. Of or belonging to a republic.
  3. Alternative letter-case form of Republican.
noun
  1. Someone who favors a republic as a form of government.
  2. Synonym of American cliff swallow.
  3. Synonym of sociable weaver.
adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the Republican Party of the United States.
  2. Of or pertaining to the Republic of China's tenure on the Chinese mainland (1912-1949).
  3. Alternative letter-case form of republican.
noun
  1. A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.
  2. An Irish nationalist; a proponent of a united Ireland.
  3. A member or supporter of Fianna Fáil, a centre-right party in Ireland.
  4. A supporter of the government or left-wing side in the Spanish Civil War.
  5. A member of Les Républicains, a right-wing party in France.
  6. A member of Die Republikaner, a far-right party in Germany.
name
  1. A place in the United States:
  2. A township in Jefferson County, Indiana.
  3. A township in Clay County, Kansas.
  4. An unincorporated community in Bertie County, North Carolina.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈpʌblɪkən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-republican.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-republican.wav

Word forms

republican more republican most republican republicans

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Latin rēs Proto-Italic *poplosder. Old Latin poplusder. Old Latin poplicus Latin pūblicus Latin pūblica Latin rēspūblica Latin rēpūblicālbor. Middle French republiquebor. English republic Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an French républicainder. English republican From republic + -an, partly after French républicain.

Synonyms

anti-monarchist antiroyalist American cliff swallow sociable weaver Repooplican Republicant Republicon Republicunt Republitard Retardican Rethuglican

Antonyms

monarchist

Related words

republicanization

Derived words

antirepublican extrarepublican interrepublican intrarepublican nonrepublican Republican Guard republicanist republicanize republican marriage Republican Queen small republican small r republican small-r republican ultrarepublican unrepublican Upper Republican defeatican Demopublican establishment Republican Goldwater Republican grassroots Republican Liberal Republican Lincoln Republican log cabin Republican National Republican Obamacan Progressive Republican Radical Republican Reagan Republican Refucklican Repooplican Republicanism Republicanitis Republican motherhood Republicant Republicoon Republicrap Republicrat Republicunt RepubliKKKan Republiklan Republinazi Republitard Republithug Republocrat Repucrat Repugnantcan Repugnican Retardican Retardlican Rethuglican Retrumplican RINO Republican In Name Only Rockefeller Republican Roosevelt Republican Tea Party Republican Trumplican Trumpublican
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