Meaning of Republican | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Someone who favors a republic as a form of government.
2. A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.
   US
3. Of or pertaining to the Republican Party of the United States
4. Synonym of American cliff swallow.
5. An Irish nationalist; a proponent of a united Ireland.
   British, Ireland
6. Of or pertaining to the Republic of China's tenure on the Chinese mainland (1912-1949)
7. Synonym of sociable weaver.
8. A member or supporter of Fianna Fáil, a centre-right party in Ireland.
   Ireland, archaic
9. Alternative letter-case form of republican
10. A supporter of the government or left-wing side in the Spanish Civil War.
    historical
11. A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States
12. A member of Les Républicains, a right-wing party in France.
13. An Irish nationalist; a proponent of a united Ireland
14. A member of Die Republikaner, a far-right party in Germany.

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Examples

“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...'”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Famine, pestilence, war… War! I like it! When did you become a Republican.”

“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." Gore: "I think the real difference between 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." Bush: "No, he is right. I am a Republican, and he is a Democrat."”

“The vote was 54-46. The vote was mostly along party lines though Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania joined Republicans in supporting Bondi.”

“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.”

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