English Explanatory Dictionary

sister republic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A European republic established by the forces of the First French Republic (or with French assistance) during the French Revolutionary Wars of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Word forms

sister republic sister republics

Etymology

Calque of French république sœur (“sister republic”).

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary