Republican
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ɹɪˈpʌblɪkən/
Full definition of republican
Adjective
republican
- Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government. from 17th c.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 222:Republican ideology had no obvious institutional focus and ideological carrier as was the case with the discourse of reason (the monarchy) and the discourse of law (the parlements).
- Of or belonging to a republic. from 17th c.
- MacaulayThe Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate.
Noun
republican
(plural republicans)- Someone who favors a republic as a form of government. from 17th c.
- 1791, James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson:Sir, there is one Mrs Macaulay in this town, a great republican. One day when I was at her house, I put on a very grave countenance, and said to her, 'Madam, I am now become a convert to your way of thinking. I am convinced that all mankind are upon an equal footing...'
- A bird of a kind that builds many nests together: the American cliff swallow, or the South African weaver bird.