Definizione monolingua

republican

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.

republican (comparative more republican, superlative most republican)

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

Definizione dizionario republican

	repubblicano
	Of or belonging to a republic.
	Someone who favours a republic; an anti-monarchist.

Altri significati:

Someone who favors a republic; an anti-monarchist.

(history, politics) Someone who favors social equality and opposes aristocracy and privilege.

Favouring a republic.