republican

See also: Republican

English

Etymology

From republic +‎ -an, partly after French républicain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpʌblɪkən/

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• Rhymes: -ʌblɪkən

Adjective

republican (comparative more republican, superlative most republican)

1. Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government, advocating or supporting republicanism. [from 17th c.]
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 222:

     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).

2. Of or belonging to a republic. [from 17th c.]
   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 1, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

     The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate.

3. Alternative letter-case form of Republican.

Translations

favoring a republic as form of government, favoring republicanism

• Armenian: հանրապետական (hy) (hanrapetakan)
• Bulgarian: републикански (republikanski)
• Catalan: republicà (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 支持共和制的 (zhīchí gònghézhì de)

• Danish: republikansk
• Esperanto: respublikisma
• Finnish: tasavaltalainen (fi)
• Greek: ρεπουμπλικάνος (el) (repoumplikános)
• Ido: republikista (io)
• Indonesian: republiken (id), republikan
• Irish: poblachtach, poblachtánach (Irish politics)
• Italian: repubblicano (it)
• Manx: pobblaghtagh
• Portuguese: republicano (pt)
• Romanian: republican (ro)
• Russian: республика́нский (ru) (respublikánskij)
• Swedish: republikansk (sv)
• Turkish: cumhuriyetçi (tr), cumhuriyetperver (tr)
• Ukrainian: республіка́нський (respublikánsʹkyj)
• Volapük: repüblikimik

of or belonging to a republic

• Armenian: հանրապետական (hy) (hanrapetakan)
• Bulgarian: републикански (republikanski)
• Catalan: republicà (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 共和國的／共和国的 (gònghéguó de)

• Czech: republikánský (cs)
• Danish: republikansk
• Dutch: republikeins (nl)
• Esperanto: respublika
• Finnish: tasavaltalainen (fi)
• French: républicain (fr)
• German: republikanisch (de)
• Greek: δημοκρατικός (el) (dimokratikós)
• Hungarian: köztársasági (hu)
• Ido: republikala (io)
• Irish: poblachtach
• Italian: repubblicano (it)
• Latvian: republikānisks
• Malay: republik
• Manx: pobblaghtagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: republikansk

  Nynorsk: republikansk

• Occitan: republican (oc)
• Polish: republikański (pl)
• Portuguese: republicano (pt)
• Romanian: republican (ro)
• Russian: республика́нский (ru) (respublikánskij)
• Swedish: republikansk (sv)
• Turkish: cumhuriyet (tr)
• Ukrainian: республіка́нський (respublikánsʹkyj)
• Volapük: repüblikik (vo)

Noun

republican (plural republicans)

1. Someone who favors a republic as a form of government. [from 17th c.]

   Synonyms: anti-monarchist, antiroyalist

   Antonym: monarchist

   • 1791, James Boswell, “[1791]”, in James Boswell, editor, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. […], volume II, London: […] Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, […], →OCLC:

     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...'

   • 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 247:

     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.

   • 2017 June 24, David Young, “New approach needed to convince unionists about United Ireland, Adams tell conference”, in Independent.ie:

     Nationalists and republicans need to adopt a new approach to convince unionists of the merits of uniting Ireland, Gerry Adams has said.

   • 2023 August 1, “Son of slain republicans brings actions”, in Irish Times, page 4:

     A son of slain republicans Dominic and Mary McGlinchey has brought High Court actions claiming the State has failed to properly investigate his parents' murders.

2. Synonym of American cliff swallow.
3. Synonym of sociable weaver.

Translations

someone who favors a republic

• Armenian: հանրապետական (hy) (hanrapetakan)
• Bulgarian: републиканец m (republikanec)
• Catalan: republicà (ca) m, republicana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 共和主義者／共和主义者

• Czech: republikán (cs) m, republikánka (cs) f
• Danish: republikaner c
• Dutch: republikein (nl)
• Finnish: tasavaltalainen (fi)
• French: républicain (fr) m, républicaine (fr) f
• German: Republikaner (de) m, Republikanerin f
• Greek: ρεπουμπλικάνος (el) m (repoumplikános), ρεπουμπλικάνα (el) f (repoumplikána)
• Hungarian: republikánus (hu), köztársaságpárti (hu)
• Indonesian: republiken (id)
• Irish: poblachtach m
• Italian: repubblicano (it) m, repubblicana (it) f
• Malay: republikan
• Manx: pobblaghtagh m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: republikaner (no) m

  Nynorsk: republikanar m

• Polish: republikanin (pl) m, republikanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: republicano (pt) m, republicana (pt) f
• Romanian: republican (ro) m, republicană (ro) f
• Russian: республика́нец (ru) m (respublikánec), республика́нка (ru) f (respublikánka)
• Spanish: republicano m, republicana f
• Swedish: republikan (sv) c
• Turkish: cumhuriyetçi (tr)
• Ukrainian: республіка́нець m (respublikánecʹ), республіка́нка f (respublikánka)

American cliff swallow — see American cliff swallow

sociable weaver — see sociable weaver

Derived terms

terms derived from all parts of speech

• republican marriage
• small r republican
• small "r" republican
• small-r republican

 

See also

• republicanization

Ladin

Adjective

republican m (feminine singular republicana, masculine plural republicans, feminine plural republicanes)

1. republican

Related terms

• republica

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian republicano or French républicain. By surface analysis, republică +‎ -an.

Adjective

republican m or n (feminine singular republicană, masculine plural republicani, feminine and neuter plural republicane)

1. republican

Declension

Declension of republican

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	republican		republicană	republicani	republicane
	definite	republicanul		republicana	republicanii	republicanele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	republican		republicane	republicani	republicane
	definite	republicanului		republicanei	republicanilor	republicanelor

Noun

republican m (plural republicani)

1. republican

Declension

Declension of republican

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) republican	republicanul	(niște) republicani	republicanii
genitive/dative	(unui) republican	republicanului	(unor) republicani	republicanilor
vocative	republicanule		republicanilor

Spanish

Verb

republican

1. third-person plural present indicative of republicar