Noun

Singular republican

Plural republicans

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.

Synonyms

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

Adjective

republican (comparative more republican, superlative most republican)

Positive republican

Comparative more republican

Superlative most republican

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

Republican

Republican can refer to:

• Advocates of a republic, a form of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is generally associated with the rule of law
  • Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or against monarchy; the opposite of monarchism
    • Republicanism in Australia
    • Republicanism in Canada
    • Republicanism in New Zealand
    • Republicanism in the United Kingdom
  • Classical republicanism, republicanism as formulated in the Renaissance
• A member of a Republican Party:
  • List of Republican Parties, a complete listing
  • Republican Party (United States), the largest conservative party in the U.S.
  • Fianna Fáil, a centrist Irish party also known as the Republican Party
  • List of Republican People's Parties, a complete listing
• Institutions or supporters of particular governments that called themselves republics, including:
  • List of republics, a complete listing
  • Roman Republic, as well as supporters of the Republic during the Roman Empire
  • Second Spanish Republic, during the Spanish Civil War, as well as its supporters
  • Various French Republics, most notably the First Republic established during the French Revolution and the Second Republic, the first post-Revolution republic in France.
  • Irish republicanism, a faction in the Irish independence movement supportive of a complete break with the United Kingdom
• Republican River, a river in Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas in the United States
• The Republican (Springfield), a newspaper published in Springfield, Massachusetts
• The Woodville Republican, a weekly newspaper (established 1823) published in Woodville, Mississippi