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Republican

re·pub·li·can

UK/ɹɪˈpʌblɪkən/ US/ɹɨˈpʌ.blɨ.kɨn/ fairly common uk us
noun (3) adjective (2)

noun

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2.
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a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas

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adjective

1.

relating to or belonging to the Republican Party

  • “a Republican senator”
  • “Republican party politics”
2.

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
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Origin

From republican (“favoring a republic”).

Phrases

  • establishment Republican
  • Goldwater Republican
  • grassroots Republican
  • Liberal Republican
  • Lincoln Republican
  • log cabin Republican
  • National Republican
  • Progressive Republican
  • Republican Guard terms derived from all parts of speech
  • republican marriage terms derived from all parts of speech
  • Republican Queen terms derived from all parts of speech
  • small r republican terms derived from all parts of speech

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