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republican

12 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) republican (noun)
  2. 2) republican (adjective)
  3. Republican (geographical name)
  4. Republican marriage (noun)
  5. Republican Pawnee (noun)
  6. republican swallow (noun)
  7. Democratic-Republican (adjective)
  8. Liberal Republican (noun)
  9. National Republican (noun)
  10. Radical Republican (noun)
  11. red republican (noun)
  12. Upper Republican (adjective)

1re·pub·li·can

noun \ri-ˈpə-bli-kən\

Definition of REPUBLICAN

1
: one that favors or supports a republican form of government
2
capitalized a : a member of a political party advocating republicanism b : a member of the Democratic-Republican party or of the Republican party of the United States
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Examples of REPUBLICAN

  1. Our state representative is a Republican.
  2. The state's voters are mostly Republicans.

First Known Use of REPUBLICAN

1699

Other Government and Politics Terms

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