From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Groupingsrepublicanre‧pub‧li‧can1 /rɪˈpʌblɪkən/ noun [countable]1PPGsomeone who believes in government by elected representatives only, with no king or queen2 →Republican3 →Republican —republicanism noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusrepublican• Is it worthy of that manlyfortitude that ought to characterizerepublicans?• The centralcommittee would elect its president from its ranks, but each time from a different republican or provincialparty.• What was the political point being made in presenting the father, Moran, as a disillusionedrepublican?• But in the context of the jail, republicans considered them symbolic and provocative and, therefore, they could createtrouble.• Held on 12 April 1931 the contest turned into a more-or-less directconfrontation between monarchists and an alliance of republicans and socialists.• A repeatedjeer of the author's is that republicans look down on the masses they purport to represent.RepublicanRepublicana member or supporter of the Republican Party in the US → Democrat →republicanExamples from the CorpusRepublican• the Republicancandidate for presidentRepublicanRepublicansomeone from Northern Ireland who believes that Northern Ireland should become part of the Republic of Ireland, not the UnitedKingdom → loyalist →republicanRelated topics: Governmentrepublicanrepublican2 adjectivePGrelating to or supporting a system of government that is not led by a king or queen → democraticExamples from the Corpusrepublican• Casey was arrested at his father-in-law's home on Strabane's fiercely republican Ballycolman estate.• Of the republicanbudget 2.8 percent was voted for militaryexpenditure.• Indeed, political activity at a variety of levels showed signs of breaking out of the loyalist versus republicandeadlock.• It was released for consideration by republican parliaments.• It is clear, however, that important innovations were being made in republican political activity.• He was an example of the contradictory crosscurrents of nationalist and republicanpolitics in this period.
