republican

CEFRB2

/ɹɨˈpʌ.blɨ.kɨn/

adjective · noun

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01
adjective
Connected with a republic or government by elected representatives.
02
noun
A person who supports a republic or the Republican Party.

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

Alternative letter-case form of Republican.
Of or belonging to a republic.
Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government, advocating or supporting republicanism.

In context

Republican Party leaders criticized President Hayes.
There are Libertarian, Republican and Democratic nominees running for office right now.
The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate.

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Republican ideology had no obvious institutional focus and ideological carrier as was the case with the discourse of reason (the monarchy) and the discourse of law (the parlements).
2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 222
The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate.
1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter I, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown,...
Sir, there is one Mrs Macaulay in this town, a great republican. One day when I was at her house, I put on a very grave countenance, and said to her, 'Madam, I am now become a convert to your way of thinking. I am convinced that all mankind are upon an equal footing...'
1791, James Boswell, “[1791]”, in James Boswell, editor, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. […], volume II, London: […] Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, […], →OCLC
I guess I am a bit of a republican at heart but I would love to be introduced to the Prince just to be able to grip him off about seeing the Noisy Scrub-bird.
2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 247
Nationalists and republicans need to adopt a new approach to convince unionists of the merits of uniting Ireland, Gerry Adams has said.
2017 June 24, David Young, “New approach needed to convince unionists about United Ireland, Adams tell conference”, in Independent.ie

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From republic + -an, partly after French républicain.