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Republican
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republican
English
Etymology
en republican<t:favoring a republic> 1 +
Pronunciation
en US /ɹɨˈpʌ.blɨ.kɨn/ weak vowel merger
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Republican.wav Southern England
Adjective
en US politics Of or pertaining to the Republican Party (United States) Republican Party of the United States.
en Democratic Green Libertarian
en There are Libertarian, Republican and Democratic nominees running for office right now.
en 2018-10-06 w:The Columbus Dispatch Jim Siegel https://eu.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2018/10/06/24th-district-candidates-plenty-busy/9612745007/ Republican Erik Yassenoff, 38, was born in Upper Arlington, went to school there, served on city council, and, if elected, would bring to the Statehouse a breadth of knowledge about policy and state government rarely seen from a freshman member. https://web.archive.org/web/20260421110737/https://eu.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2018/10/06/24th-district-candidates-plenty-busy/9612745007/ 21 April 2026
en 2020-05-11 Two Special Elections On Tuesday Could Hint At Another Blue Wave In 2020 Geoffrey Skelley; Nathaniel Rakich w:FiveThirtyEight But a huge bloc of non-Hispanic white residents without bachelor’s degrees — 72 percent of the population age 25 or older — has turned the 7th District into Republican turf. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/two-special-elections-on-tuesday-could-hint-at-another-blue-wave-in-2020/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200603155824/https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/two-special-elections-on-tuesday-could-hint-at-another-blue-wave-in-2020/
en Lauren Fox;Morgan Rimmer;Clare Foran Senate votes to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/20/politics/electoral-count-act-reform-senate/index.html 2022-01-20 Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah both confirmed that a bipartisan group of lawmakers will have a series of video meetings starting in the next several days to see if they could agree on a deal soon. https://web.archive.org/web/20220421025404/https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/20/politics/electoral-count-act-reform-senate/index.html
Of or pertaining to the Republic of China's tenure on the Chinese mainland (1912-1949).
en Kuomintang
en republican.
Translations
pertaining to the Republican Party
Arabic: ar جُمْهُورِيّ m
Catalan: ca republicà
Estonian: et vabariiklik
Finnish: fi republikaaninen
French: fr républicain
Georgian: ka რესპუბლიკური
German: de republikanisch
Gujarati: gu રિપબ્લિકન
Hindi: hi रिपब्लिकन
Hungarian: hu republikánus
Italian: it repubblicano
Kannada: kn ರಿಪಬ್ಲಿಕನ್
Polish: pl republikański
Portuguese: pt republicano
Russian: ru республика́нский
Spanish: es republicano
Swahili: sw Mrepublican
Swedish: sv republikansk
Telugu: te రిపబ్లికన్
Thai: th ริพับลิกัน
Vietnamese: vi cộng hòa (thuộc đảng) Cộng Hòa
republican
Noun
en US politics A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.
en Democrat Green Libertarian Independent
en Beth Broderick as Zelda Spellman and Melissa Joan Hart Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series) Sabrina the Teenage Witch 3 1 Famine, pestilence, war… War! I like it!When did you become a Republican. w:Sabrina Spellman Sabrina and the Beast Danita Jones American Broadcasting Company ABC w:Paramount Domestic Television Nov 27 1998
en 2000-10-03 Tim Paluch https://iowastatedaily.com/207573/opinion/gore-vs-bush-thats-debatable/ Gore vs. Bush: That's Debatable w:Iowa State Daily At one point in the debate, the moderator asked a tough question that had the candidates stumped.Moderator: "This question is for both of the candidates. Those ever-important independent voters who haven’t decided who to vote for would like to know what the real differences between you two are."Al Gore Gore: "I think the real difference between George W. Bush Governor Bush and I is that he is in fact a Republican, and I am currently a Democrat."Moderator: "That doesn’t really answer the question, I am talking about issues."George W. Bush Bush: "No, he is right. I am a Republican, and he is a Democrat." https://web.archive.org/web/20240417185126/https://iowastatedaily.com/207573/opinion/gore-vs-bush-thats-debatable/
en Shania Shelton;Morgan Rimmer Senate votes to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/politics/pam-bondi-confirmed-attorney-general 2025-02-04 The vote was 54-46. The vote was mostly along party lines though Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania joined Republicans in supporting Bondi. https://web.archive.org/web/20250802035510/https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/politics/pam-bondi-confirmed-attorney-general/
en British Ireland An Irish nationalist; a proponent of a united Ireland, particularly one who supports armed struggle to achieve this.
en chiefly Ireland now rare A member or supporter of Fianna Fáil, a centre-right party in Ireland.
en 1970 The Republic of Ireland: an hypothesis in eight chapters and two intermissions It was confident both that the Republicans would never put it out to put Cosgrave in, and that Fine Gael was equally against the Republicans.
en historical A supporter of the government or left-wing side in the Spanish Civil War.
A member of Les fr Républicains, a right-wing party in France.
A member of Die de Republikaner, a far-right party in Germany.
Usage notes
In Northern Irish politics, Republican implies a stronger position than en Nationalist, and often implies support for or connections to paramilitary groups (particularly, claimed or actual descent from the Irish Republican Army).
Synonyms
member or supporter of the Republican Party of the United States en Repooplican<qq:derogatory> Republicant<qq:derogatory> Republicon<qq:derogatory> Republicunt<qq:derogatory, vulgar> Republitard<qq:derogatory, vulgar> Retardican<qq:derogatory, vulgar> Rethuglican<qq:derogatory>
Translations
supporter of the Republican Party of the U.S.
Arabic: ar جُمْهُورِيّ m, ar جُمْهُورِيَّة f
Armenian: hy հանրապետական
Belarusian: be рэспубліка́нец m, be рэспубліка́нка f
Bulgarian: bg республика́нец m
Catalan: ca republicà m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 共和黨人 gònghédǎngrén
Czech: cs republikán m
Dutch: nl republikein m, nl republikeinse f
Estonian: et vabariiklane, et republikaan rare
Finnish: fi republikaani
French: fr républicain m, fr républicaine f
Georgian: ka რესპუბლიკელი
German: de Republikaner m, de Republikanerin f
Hebrew: he רפובליקן m republiqan
Hindi: hi रिपब्लिकन
Italian: it repubblicano m, it repubblicana f
Japanese: ja 共和党員 きょうわとういん, kyōwa tōin
Korean: ko 공화당원
Macedonian: mk републиканец m
Marathi: mr रिपब्लिकन
Navajo: nv Chį́į́h Yee Adilohiijí dah oonéłígíí, nv Chį́į́h Yee Adilohii
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb republikaner m
Nynorsk: nn republikanar m
Persian: fa جمهوریخواه jomhuri-xâh
Polish: pl republikanin m, pl republikanka f
Portuguese: pt republicano m, pt republicana f
Russian: ru республика́нец m, ru республика́нка f
Spanish: es republicano m, es republicana f
Swedish: sv republikan c
Thai: th ริพับลิกัน
Turkish: tr cumhuriyetçi
Ukrainian: uk республіка́нець m, uk республіка́нка f
Vietnamese: vi đảng viên vi cộng hòa Cộng Hòa
proponent of a united Ireland
Finnish: fi tasavaltalainen
Georgian: ka რესპუბლიკელი
Irish: ga Poblachtach m
Polish: pl republikanin m, pl republikanka f
Portuguese: pt republicano m
supporter of the left wing in the Spanish civil war
Finnish: fi tasavaltalainen
Georgian: ka რესპუბლიკელი
Polish: pl republikanin m, pl republikanka f
Portuguese: pt republicano m
Proper noun
+ #Places in the United States
en place c/USA:
en twp co/Jefferson County s/Indiana.
en twp co/Clay County s/Kansas.
en ucomm co/Bertie County s/North Carolina.
Derived terms
US politics
en Republinazi defeatican Demopublican Obamacan Refucklican Republicanitis Republicrap Republicrat Republiklan Republithug Republocrat Repucrat Repugnantcan Repugnican Retardlican Repooplican Liberal Republican Progressive Republican Radical Republican Tea Party Republican log cabin Republican Goldwater Republican Lincoln Republican National Republican Rockefeller Republican Roosevelt Republican Reagan Republican establishment Republican grassroots Republican RINO,Republican In Name Only Republicant Republicoon Republicunt Republican Queen Republitard Retardican Rethuglican Retrumplican ripofflican Trumplican Trumpublican Republican motherhood Republicanism RepubliKKKan
en Political parties Conservatism History of China