republican
1. re.pub.li.can \ri-'p*b-l*-k*n\ aj 1a: of, relating to, or having the
characteristics of a republic 1b: favoring, supporting, or advocating a
republic 1c: belonging or appropriate to one living in or supporting a
republic { ~ simplicity} cap 2a: of, relating to, or constituting the
Democratic-Republican party 2b: of, relating to, or constituting one of
the two major political partie s in the U.S. evolving in the mid-19th
century and usu. associated with business, financial, and some agricultural
interests and with favoring a restricted governmental role in social and
economic life
2. republican n 1: one that favors or supports a republican form of
government cap 2a: a member of a political party advocating republicanism
2b: a member of the Democratic-Republican party or of the Republican party
of the U.S.