Republican

See also:republican

English

Adjective

Republican(comparativemoreRepublican,superlativemostRepublican)

1. (US politics)Of or pertaining to theRepublican Partyof theUnited States.

   Coordinate terms:Democratic,Green,Libertarian

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

2. Of or pertaining to theRepublic of China's tenure on the Chinese mainland (1912-1949).
3. Alternativeletter-caseform ofrepublican.

Derived terms

• establishment Republican
• Goldwater Republican
• grassroots Republican
• Liberal Republican
• Lincoln Republican
• log cabin Republican
• National Republican
• Progressive Republican
• Radical Republican
• Reagan Republican
• Repooplican
• Republicanism
• Republican motherhood
• Republican Party
• Republican Queen
• Republicant
• Republicoon
• Republicunt
• RepubliKKKan
• Retardican
• Retardlican
• Rethuglican
• Retrumplican
• RINO/Republican In Name Only
• Rockefeller Republican
• Roosevelt Republican
• Tea Party Republican
• Trumplican
• Trumpublican

Translations

pertaining to the Republican Party

• Arabic:جُمْهُورِيّm(jumhūriyy)
• Catalan:republicà(ca)
• Estonian:vabariiklik
• Finnish:republikaaninen(fi)
• French:républicain(fr)
• Georgian:რესპუბლიკური(resṗubliḳuri)
• German:republikanisch(de)
• Hindi:रिपब्लिकन(ripablikan)
• Hungarian:republikánus(hu)
• Italian:repubblicano(it)
• Portuguese:republicano(pt)
• Russian:республика́нский(ru)(respublikánskij)
• Spanish:republicano
• Swedish:republikansk(sv)
• Thai:ริพับลิกัน(rí-páp-lì-gân)
• Vietnamese:(thuộc đảng) Cộng Hòa(vi)

republican—seerepublican

Noun

Republican(pluralRepublicans)

1. (US politics)A member or supporter of theRepublican Party,the more right-wing of the two main political parties in theUnited States.

   Coordinate terms:Democrat,Green,Libertarian,Independent

   • 1998November 27, Danita Jones, “Sabrina and the Beast”, inSabrina the Teenage Witch,season 3, episode 1, spoken bySabrina Spellman(Beth BroderickasZelda SpellmanandMelissa Joan Hart),Paramount Domestic Television,viaABC:

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

   • 2000October 3, Tim Paluch, “Gore vs. Bush: That's Debatable”,inIowa 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-importantindependentvoters 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 betweenGovernor BushandIis that he is in fact aRepublican,and I am currently aDemocrat."
     Moderator: "That doesn’t really answer the question, I am talking about issues."
     Bush:"No, he is right. I am aRepublican,and he is aDemocrat."

2. (British,Ireland)An Irishnationalist;a proponent of a unitedIreland.
3. (chieflyIreland,nowrare)A member or supporter ofFianna Fáil,a centre-right party in Ireland.
   • 1970,The Republic of Ireland: an hypothesis in eight chapters and two intermissions:

     It was confident both that theRepublicanswould never put it out to put Cosgrave in, and that Fine Gael was equally against theRepublicans.

4. (historical)A supporter of the government or left-wing side in the Spanish Civil War.
5. A member ofLesRépublicains,a right-wing party in France.
6. A member ofDieRepublikaner,a far-right party in Germany.

Synonyms

• (Member or supporter of the US Republican Party):Republicunt,Retardican,Rethuglican(all vulgar, derogatory);see alsoFascist(inexact, derogatory)

Translations

supporter of the Republican Party of the U.S.

• Arabic:جُمْهُورِيّm(jumhūriyy),جُمْهُورِيَّة(ar)f(jumhūriyya)
• Armenian:հանրապետական(hy)(hanrapetakan)
• Belarusian:рэспубліка́нецm(respublikánjec),рэспубліка́нкаf(respublikánka)
• Bulgarian:республика́нецm(respublikánec)
• Catalan:republicà(ca)m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Cộng hòa đảng nhân／Cộng hòa đảng nhân(zh)(gònghédǎngrén)

• Czech:republikán(cs)m
• Dutch:republikein(nl)m,republikeinse(nl)f
• Estonian:vabariiklane,republikaan(rare)
• Finnish:republikaani(fi)
• French:républicain(fr)m,républicaine(fr)f
• Georgian:რესპუბლიკელი(resṗubliḳeli)
• German:Republikaner(de)m,Republikanerinf
• Hebrew:רפובליקןm(republiqan)
• Hindi:रिपब्लिकन(ripablikan)
• Italian:repubblicano(it)m,repubblicana(it)f
• Japanese:Cộng hòa đảng viên(きょうわとういん, kyōwa tōin)
• Korean:공화당원(gonghwadang'won)
• Macedonian:републиканецm(republikanec)
• Marathi:रिपब्लिकन(ripablikan)
• Navajo:Chį́į́h Yee Adilohiijí dah oonéłígíí,Chį́į́h Yee Adilohii
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:republikaner(no)m

  Nynorsk:republikanarm

• Persian:جمهوریخواه(jomhuri-xâh)
• Polish:republikanin(pl)m
• Portuguese:republicano(pt)m,republicana(pt)f
• Russian:республика́нец(ru)m(respublikánec),республика́нка(ru)f(respublikánka)
• Spanish:republicanom,republicanaf
• Swedish:republikan(sv)c
• Thai:ริพับลิกัน(rí-páp-lì-gân)
• Ukrainian:республіка́нецьm(respublikánecʹ),республіка́нкаf(respublikánka)
• Vietnamese:đảng viên(vi)Cộng Hòa(vi)

proponent of a united Ireland

• Finnish:tasavaltalainen(fi)
• Georgian:რესპუბლიკელი(resṗubliḳeli)
• Irish:Poblachtachm
• Portuguese:republicano(pt)m

supporter of the left wing in the Spanish civil war

• Finnish:tasavaltalainen(fi)
• Georgian:რესპუბლიკელი(resṗubliḳeli)
• Portuguese:republicano(pt)m