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republican

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. relating to or belonging to the Republican Party; "a Republican senator"; "Republican party politics" having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Republican \Re*pub"lic*an\ (r?-p?b"l?-kan), n. One who favors or prefers a republican form of government. (U.S.Politics) A member of the Republican party. (Zo["o]l.) The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side, many together. ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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.

Usage examples of republican.

A second article was approved by the committee alleging perjury in the Jones deposition with a lone Republican defecting.

I returned to Washington that afternoon and was asked by Senate Republican leader Trent Lott to be the liaison for the Republican senators to the fledgling medical and law enforcement investigation into the anthrax exposure at the Hart building.

The organization would oversee the early phase of the occupation and Garner would eventually be succeeded by a more prominent political appointee, such as a Republican former state governor.

Edmunds referred were the appointees of President Johnson, and every one of them had been confirmed by the Senate of the United States when the Republicans had more than two-thirds of the body.

According to one or two enthusiastic historians, the Baron de Batz was the chief agent in a vast network of conspiracy, entirely supported by foreign money--both English and Austrian--and which had for its object the overthrow of the Republican Government and the restoration of the monarchy in France.

The civil offices of consul, of proconsul, of censor, and of tribune, by the union of which it had been formed, betrayed to the people its republican extraction.

On the other hand, there were Republicans in that Body who sturdily met the bluster of the Southern Fire-eaters with frank and courageous words expressing their full convictions on the situation and their belief that Concessions could not be made and that Compromises were mere waste paper.

Congress with reasonable promptness passed the bill in both Houses for the admission of Colorado, though it was opposed by the more radical class of Republicans because negroes were excluded from the right of suffrage.

As in the case of Colorado the constitution excluded the negro from the right of suffrage, and for that reason a very considerable proportion of the Republicans of each branch voted against the bill.

Oliver North and others supposedly told some racist or homophobic jokes at a Republican dinner?

I can tell you the Republicans at the Hydropathic are not innocents, such as you describe the people at Knockraw.

Bethel and Cornish, two Independents and republicans, and of consequence deeply engaged with the malecontents, were chosen by a majority of voices.

Bonaparte, who seemed to acquire confidence from the presence of those who were about him, said a great deal about the agitation which prevailed among the republicans, and expressed himself in very decided terms against the Manege Club.

APCs--but the Americans came away with a great deal of respect for the Republican Guards, who fought on despite being outnumbered, outgunned, and outmatched in every way.

After that, Kurdish resistance largely collapsed and Republican Guard task forces were able to push out along the main roads quickly and without significant casualties, overrunning even the distant city of as-Sulaymaniyyah in northeastern Iraq just a few days later.