Hypertext Webster Gateway: "republican"
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) 1.7 (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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