republican (redirected from Republicans)

re·pub·li·can  (r-pbl-kn)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a republic.

2. Favoring a republic as the best form of government.

3. Republican Of, relating to, characteristic of, or belonging to the Republican Party of the United States.

n.

1. One who favors a republic as the best form of government.

2. Republican A member of the Republican Party of the United States.

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re·publi·can·ism n.

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republican [rɪˈpʌblɪkən]

adj

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of, resembling, or relating to a republic

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) supporting or advocating a republic

n

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a supporter or advocate of a republic

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Republican [rɪˈpʌblɪkən]

adj

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of, belonging to, or relating to a Republican Party

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of, belonging to, or relating to the Irish Republican Army

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a member or supporter of a Republican Party

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a member or supporter of the Irish Republican Army

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Republican - a member of the Republican Party     GOP, Republican Party - the younger of two major political parties in the United States; GOP is an acronym for grand old party pol, political leader, politico, politician - a person active in party politics
	2.	republican - an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy) advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent - a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
	3.	Republican - a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas Republican River Centennial State, Colorado, CO - a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains Kansas, KS, Sunflower State - a state in midwestern United States Cornhusker State, Nebraska, NE - a midwestern state on the Great Plains
Adj.	1.	republican - relating to or belonging to the Republican Party; "a Republican senator"; "Republican party politics"
	2.	republican - 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 democratic - characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality; "democratic government"; "a democratic country"; "a democratic scorn for bloated dukes and lords"- George du Maurier

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Republican

adjective

right-wing, Conservative Senator John McCain, Mr Bush's rival for the Republican nomination

noun

right-winger, Conservative President Clinton is under pressure from Republicans in Congress.

Translations

republican [rɪˈpʌblɪkən]

A. ADJ → republicano

B. N → republicano/a m/f

Republican republican [rɪˈpʌblɪkən]

adj

(in US) [voter, senator, governor, campaign, candidate, leader] → républicain(e)

(in Ireland) → républicain(e)

n

(in US) → républicain(e) m/f

(in Ireland) → républicain(e) m/f

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republican [rɪˈpʌblɪkən]

adj

[government, system] → républicain

= Republican

n

→ républicain(e) m/f

= Republican

republican

adj → republikanisch

n → Republikaner(in) m(f)

republican [rɪˈpʌblɪkən] adj & n → repubblicano/a

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republican [rɪˈpʌblɪkən] adj & n → repubblicano/a