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republican |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Republican \Re*pub"lic*an\ (-l?-kan), a. [F. r['e]publicain.] 1. Of or pertaining to a republic. The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate. --Macaulay. 2. Consonant with the principles of a republic; as republican sentiments or opinions; republican manners. {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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Republican \Re*pub"lic*an\ (r?-p?b"l?-kan), n. 1. One who favors or prefers a republican form of government. 2. (U.S.Politics) A member of the Republican party. 3. (Zo["o]l.) a The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side many together. b A South African weaver bird ({Philet[ae]rus socius}). These weaver birds build many nests together, under a large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw. {Red republican}. See under {Red}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: republican adj 1: relating to or belonging to the Republican Party; "a Republican senator"; "Republican party politics" 2: 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 n 1: a member of the Republican Party [syn: {Republican}] 2: an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy) 3: a tributary of the Kansas River [syn: {Republican}, {Republican River}]
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