American English pronunciation

How to pronounce republican

IPA transcription: [ɹɪ'pʌblɪkən]

Pronunciation variants: [ɹɪ'pʌblɪkən][ɹi'pʌbləkən][ɹi'pʌblɪkən]

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Noun

  • a member of the Republican Party

  • an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy)

  • a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas

Adjective

  • relating to or belonging to the Republican Party

    “a Republican senator”

    “Republican party politics”

Adjective

  • 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; - United States Constitution; ; - Philip Marsh; -Nathaniel Hawthorne

    “the United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government”

    “a very republican notion”

    “so little republican and so much aristocratic sentiment”

    “our republican and artistic simplicity”

Usage examples

  • He is a member of the Republican Turkish Party.
  • Former Representative Bob Schaffer of Fort Collins was the Republican nominee.
  • He left Dole's staff to work for Republican Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott.
  • The newspaper's editorial stance and readership, while originally republican, is now unionist.
  • In October the same year, the Spanish Republican Army was reorganized.
  • Donald Trump carried the county by the second-largest margin for a Republican since statehood.
  • The district is currently represented by Republican Kevin Yoder.
  • The district is currently represented by Republican Bill Flores.
  • He was initially elected as a Progressive but later joined the Republican Party.
  • It accepts both Democratic and Republican members on its volunteer board of directors.