'Republican' definitions:
Definition of 'republican'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Relating to or belonging to the Republican Party; "a Republican senator"; "Republican party politics"
adjective
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
noun
A member of the Republican Party
noun
An advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy)
noun
A tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas [syn: Republican, Republican River]
Definition of 'Republican'
From: GCIDE
- Republican \Re*pub"lic*an\ (r?-p?b"l?-kan), n.
- 1. One who favors or prefers a republican form of government. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (U.S.Politics) A member of the Republican party. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) (a) The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side, many together. (b) A South African weaver bird (Philetaerus socius). These weaver birds build many nests together, under a large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw. [1913 Webster]
- Red republican. See under Red. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Republican'
From: GCIDE
- Republican \Re*pub"lic*an\ (-l?-kan), a. [F. r['e]publicain.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to a republic. [1913 Webster]
- The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Consonant with the principles of a republic; as, republican sentiments or opinions; republican manners. [1913 Webster]
- Republican party. (U.S. Politics) (a) An earlier name of the Democratic party when it was opposed to the Federal party. Thomas Jefferson was its great leader. (b) One of the existing great parties. It was organized in
- 1856 by a combination of voters from other parties for the purpose of opposing the extension of slavery, and in 1860 it elected Abraham Lincoln president. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'Republican'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Conservative,
- Democrat,
- heeler,
- Labourite,
- loyalist,
- partisan,
- party faithful,
- party hack,
- party man,
- party member,
- party wheelhorse,
- registered Democrat,
- registered Republican,
- regular,
- stalwart,
- Tory,
- ward heeler,
- wheelhorse,
- Whig
Synonyms of 'republican'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- aristocratic,
- authoritarian,
- autocratic,
- autonomous,
- bureaucratic,
- civic,
- civil,
- constitutional,
- democratic,
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- fascist,
- federal,
- federalist,
- federalistic,
- governmental,
- gubernatorial,
- heteronomous,
- matriarchal,
- matriarchic,
- monarchal,
- monarchial,
- monarchic,
- monocratic,
- official,
- oligarchal,
- oligarchic,
- parliamentarian,
- parliamentary,
- patriarchal,
- patriarchic,
- pluralistic,
- political,
- self-governing,
- theocratic,
- totalitarian
Words containing 'Republican'
- Republicanism,
- Republicanize,
- Republicanized,
- Republicanizing,
- Red Republican,
- Republican City,
- Republican Party,
- republican guard,
- republican river,
- French Republican calendar,
- Republican City, NE,
- irish republican army,
- people's republican army,
- continuity irish republican army,
- democratic-republican party,
- dissident irish republican army,
- provisional irish republican army,
- real irish republican army