republican
pronunciation
How to pronounce republican in British English:
UK [rɪˈpʌblɪkən]
How to pronounce republican in American English:
US [rɪˈpʌblɪkən]
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- Noun:
- an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy)
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- Adjective:
- relating to or belonging to the Republican Party
- 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
Word Origin
- republican (adj.)
- 1712, "belonging to a republic, of the nature of a republic, consonant to the principles of a republic," from republic + -an. The French republican calendar was in use from Nov. 26, 1793 to Dec. 31, 1805.
- republican (n.)
- "one who favors a republic or republican principles" (or, as Johnson puts it, "One who thinks a commonwealth without monarchy the best government"), 1690s; see from republican (adj.). With capital R-, in reference to a member of a specific U.S. political party (the Anti-Federalists) from 1782, though this was not the ancestor of the modern U.S. Republican Party, which dates from 1854.
Example
- 1. Republican candidates for president lined up to denounce it .
- 2. Which brings me back to the republican dilemma .
- 3. Is this a republican plan ?
- 4. Republican proposals are hardly more convincing .
- 5. Just look at the republican presidential race .