republic
playSimple Definition of republic
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: a country that is governed by elected representatives and by an elected leader (such as a president) rather than by a king or queen
Full Definition of republic
1 a (1) : a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president (2) : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government b (1) : a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law (2) : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government c : a usually specified republican government of a political unit <the French Fourth Republic>
2 : a body of persons freely engaged in a specified activity <the republic of letters>
3 : a constituent political and territorial unit of the former nations of Czechoslovakia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or Yugoslavia
Examples of republic in a sentence
<when asked by a passerby what sort of government the constitutional convention had formulated for the new nation, Benjamin Franklin memorably replied, “A republic, if you can keep it”>
Other Government and Politics Terms
Rhymes with republic
go public, make public
REPUBLIC Defined for Kids
republic
playDefinition of republic for Students
: a country with elected representatives and an elected chief of state who is not a monarch and who is usually a president
Law Dictionary
republic
Legal Definition of republic
1 : a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president; also : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government
2 : a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law; also : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government
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