Republican

adjective

1. 1

   Of or pertaining to the Republican Party of the United States.

   There are Libertarian, Republican and Democratic nominees running for office right now.

   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.

   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.

   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.

2. 2

   Of or pertaining to the Republic of China's tenure on the Chinese mainland (1912-1949).

3. 3

   Variant of republicanAlternative letter-case form of republican.

noun

1. 1

   A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.

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

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

2. 2

   An Irish nationalist; a proponent of a united Ireland, particularly one who supports armed struggle to achieve this.

3. 3

   archaicA member or supporter of Fianna Fáil, a centre-right party in Ireland.

   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.

4. 4

   historicalA supporter of the government or left-wing side in the Spanish Civil War.

5. 5

   A member of Les Républicains, a right-wing party in France.

6. 6

   A member of Die Republikaner, a far-right party in Germany.

proper noun

1. 1

   A place in the United States: A township in Jefferson County, Indiana.

2. 2

   A place in the United States: A township in Clay County, Kansas.

3. 3

   A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Bertie County, North Carolina.

Forms

plural

Republicans

comparative

more Republican

superlative

most Republican