republican

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Synonyms 1.1.2 Translations 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Translations

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republican (plural republicans)

1. Someone who favors a republic; an anti-monarchist.
2. (history, politics) Someone who favors social equality and opposes aristocracy and privilege.

   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...' (Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, 1791). Travels of a Republican Radical in Search of Hot Water - Title of a collection of essays published by the leftwing novelist H. G. Wells in 1939.

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• anti-monarchist (1)
• anti-royalist (1)
• egalitarian (2)
• anti-fascist (4)
• rational (5)

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republican (comparative more republican, superlative most republican)

1. Of or belonging to a republic.
2. Favouring a republic.

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