Webster's English Dictionary

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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.