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re·pub·li·can
/rɪˈpʌblɪkən/
共和主義者,共和黨員(
a
.)共和政體的,共和國的,共和主義的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Re·pub·lic·an
a.
1.
Of
or
pertaining
to
a
republic
.
The
Roman
emperors
were
republican
magistrates
named
by
the
senate
.
--
Macaulay
.
2.
Consonant
with
the
principles
of
a
republic
;
as
,
republican
sentiments
or
opinions
;
republican
manners
.
Republican party
.
U.S. Politics
(a)
An
earlier
name
of
the
Democratic
party
when
it
was
opposed
to
the
Federal
party
.
Thomas
Jefferson
was
its
great
leader
.
(b)
One
of
the
existing
great
parties
.
It
was
organized
in
1856
by
a
combination
of
voters
from
other
parties
for
the
purpose
of
opposing
the
extension
of
slavery
,
and
in
1860
it
elected
Abraham
Lincoln
president
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Re·pub·lic·an
n.
1.
One
who
favors
or
prefers
a
republican
form
of
government
.
2.
U.S.Politics
A
member
of
the
Republican
party
.
3.
Zool.
(a)
The
American
cliff
swallow
.
The
cliff
swallows
build
their
nests
side
by
side
,
many
together
.
(b)
A
South
African
weaver
bird
(
Philetaerus socius
).
These
weaver
birds
build
many
nests
together
,
under
a
large
rooflike
shelter
,
which
they
make
of
straw
.
Red republican
.
See
under
Red
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
republican
adj
1:
relating
to
or
belonging
to
the
Republican
Party
; "
a
Republican
senator
"; "
Republican
party
politics
"
2:
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
n
1:
a
member
of
the
Republican
Party
2:
an
advocate
of
a
republic
(
usually
in
opposition
to
a
monarchy
)
3:
a
tributary
of
the
Kansas
River
that
flows
from
eastern
Colorado
eastward
through
Nebraska
and
Kansas
[
syn
:
Republican
River
]
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