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US
/ɹiˈpəbɫəkən, ɹiˈpəbɫɪkən, ɹɪˈpəbɫɪkən/
]
[ UK /ɹɪpˈʌblɪkən/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪpˈʌblɪkən/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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relating to or belonging to the Republican Party
Republican party politics
a Republican senator -
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
so little republican and so much aristocratic sentiment
the United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government
our republican and artistic simplicity
a very republican notion
NOUN
- an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy)
How To Use republican In A Sentence
- So it's a little more than passing strange that Mr. Brooks clucks about Mr. Obama's "über-partisan budget" when, given the last few weeks of shrieking and wailing from the Republicans about socialism and communism, he's been the voice of moderation in the room. Moderately Shocked
- It would have been a luxury to unfrock some of them, but it has seemed to me the duty of every sincere Republican to endure a great deal rather than say anything to introduce division or controversy into party ranks .... A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3
- In that work, Smith analyzes more than 1000 judicial opinions on citizenship, exploring the liberal, republican, and racist/ascriptive strands in American constitutionalism. Empirical Studies in Law
- IDAHO is a known republican no brainer state. so a blue what ever is just someone alittle smarter than most republicans can't think out side the box unless they are told how to think and when to breath. by people like george bush dicky cheney karl the rat rove and so on. bunch anti american big business jerk theives. State of the Union: A Blue Dog in Idaho
- Before anyone says that this was going to happen anyway, remember that political pros were saying two years ago that Napolitano was a one term fluke, early this year Republicans were salivating about a possible 2/3 majority House and Senate, and it took some foresight to see that a decent candidate could be recruited to take out J. Archive 2006-12-01
- The value of all this free promotion is incalculable, which is no doubt why so many Republicans are using politics as merely a way to cash in big time as nothing more than entertainers. Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- Weiner Roast
- In partisan Republican circles, the pursuit of voter fraud is code for suppressing the votes of minorities and poor people. Archive 2007-03-01
- Republicans estimate this change would send monthly bills up by about $ 10 by 2002.
- This dilemma perfectly sums up the impasse in all republican-loyalist negotiations.
- The Lotus Fund, founded four years ago, counts a number of Republicans among its estimated 200 members.
