REPUBLICAN • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Republican

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/rɪpˈəblɪkən/ /ripˈəbləkən/ /ripˈəblɪkən/ Listen

noun

Republican n.

1.

One who favors or prefers a republican form of government.

2.

(U.S.Politics) A member of the Republican party.

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.

Red republican. See under Red.

adjective

Republican adj.

1.

Of or pertaining to a republic. "The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate."

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.

See images of 'Republican'

Etymology of 'Republican'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

"Republican" Quotes from Famous Books

... aristocratic orders, they say, because there was no blood of which to make an aristocracy; independent of king and parliament, because we grew into independence under the natural effects of distance and the exercise of a legislative power; republican, because our constitutions were cast in the molds of British law; a wonder of growth in riches, enterprise, and population, because of the hard necessities laid upon us, and our simple ...

— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 • Various

... at which they organized as a political party and nominated a state ticket. Of their nominees, two had hitherto ranked themselves as Free-Soilers, three as anti-slavery Democrats, and five as Whigs. For the name of their party they chose "Republican," and as the foundation of their platform the resolution "That, postponing and suspending all differences with regard to political economy or administrative policy," they would "act cordially and faithfully in ...

— Abraham Lincoln and the Union - A Chronicle of the Embattled North, Volume 29 In The - Chronicles Of America Series • Nathaniel W. Stephenson

... Polly was occupied with the hemming of a towel. The able editorial which David was perusing was strengthening his conviction that all the intelligence and virtue of the country were monopolized by the Republican party, when his meditations were broken in upon by Mrs. Bixbee, who knew nothing and cared less about the Force Bill or the doctrine ...

— David Harum - A Story of American Life • Edward Noyes Westcott

... still remember a political quip which was frequently repeated at the Konigstadt Theatre, and whose point was a jeer at the aspirations of the revolution: "Property is theft, or a Dream of a Red Republican." ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... thing to steer that ever walked the waters. Set her amidships, in a big river, and just let her go; it was all you had to do. She would hold herself on a star all night, if you let her alone. You couldn't ever feel her rudder. It wasn't any more labor to steer her than it is to count the Republican vote in a South Carolina election. One morning, just at daybreak, the last trip she ever made, they took her rudder aboard to mend it; I didn't know anything about it; I backed her out from the wood-yard and went a-weaving ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

Copyright © 2025 e-Free Translation.com