republic
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A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.
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A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.
The United States is a republic; Norway is a constitutional monarchy.
Perhaps the great charm of a republic to the young mind is, the career which it seems to lay open to all, and whose success depends upon personal gifts; while their exercise seems more independent when devoted to the people rather than to the monarch.
“[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps ? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic ?[…]”
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archaïqueA state, which may or may not be a monarchy, in which the executive and legislative branches of government are separate.
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One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.
The Republic of Udmurtia is west of the Permian Oblast.
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One of the subdivisions that made up the former Yugoslavia.
Étymologie
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Latin rēs Proto-Italic *poplosder. Old Latin poplusder. Old Latin poplicus Latin pūblicus Latin pūblica Latin rēspūblica Latin rēpūblicālbor. Middle French republiquebor. English republic From Middle French republique (“republic”), from Latin rēspūblicā, from rēs (“thing”) + pūblica (“public”); hence literally “the public thing”.
Formes
- pluriel
- republics
republic · A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.
Republic · A small city in Republic County, Kansas, United States.republican · Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government,…Republican · Of or pertaining to the Republican Party of the United States.