Republican

Republican

See also: republican

English

Adjective

Republican (comparative more Republican, superlative most Republican)

1. (US politics) Of or pertaining to the Republican Party of the United States.

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

   Coordinate terms: Democratic, Green, Libertarian

2. Alternative letter-case form of republican.

Derived terms

• establishment Republican
• Goldwater Republican
• grassroots Republican
• Liberal Republican
• Lincoln Republican
• log cabin Republican
• Progressive Republican
• Radical Republican
• Reagan Republican
• Repooplican
• Republicanism
• Republican motherhood
• Republican Party
• 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

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 — see republican

Noun

Republican (plural Republicans)

1. (US politics) A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.
   • 1998 November 27, Danita Jones, “Sabrina and the Beast”, in Sabrina the Teenage Witch, season 3, episode 1, ABC, Paramount Domestic Television, spoken by Sabrina Spellman (Beth Broderick as Zelda Spellman and Melissa Joan Hart):

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

   Synonyms: (vulgar, derogatory) Republicunt, (derogatory) Retardican, (derogatory) Rethuglican

   Coordinate terms: Democrat, Green, Libertarian

2. (Britain, Ireland) An Irish nationalist; a proponent of a united Ireland.
3. (chiefly Ireland, now rare) A member or supporter of Fianna 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 the Republicans would never put it out to put Cosgrave in, and that Fine Gael was equally against the Republicans.

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

Translations

supporter of the Republican Party of the U.S.

Armenian: հանրապետական (hy) (hanrapetakan) Belarusian: рэспубліка́нец m (respublikánjec), рэспубліка́нка f (respublikánka) Bulgarian: республика́нец m (respublikánec) Catalan: republicà (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 共和黨人／共和党人 (zh), 共和党人 (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, Republikanerin f Hebrew: רפובליקן‎ m (republiqan) Hindi: रिपब्लिकन (ripablikan) Italian: repubblicano (it) m, repubblicana (it) f Japanese: 共和党員 (きょうわとういん, kyōwa tōin) Korean: 공화당원 (gonghwadang'won) Macedonian: републиканец m (republikanec) Marathi: रिपब्लिकन (ripablikan) Navajo: Chį́į́h Yee Adilohiijí dah oonéłígíí, Chį́į́h Yee Adilohii Norwegian: Bokmål: republikaner (no) m Nynorsk: republikanar m 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: republicano m, republicana f Swedish: republikan (sv) c Thai: ริพับลิกัน (rí-páp-lì-gân) Ukrainian: республіка́нець m (respublikánecʹ), республіка́нка f (respublikánka) Vietnamese: đảng viên (vi) Cộng Hòa (vi)

proponent of a united Ireland

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

supporter of the left wing in the Spanish civil war

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