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republican

1 noun
     
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re‧pub‧li‧can1 [countable]
1PPG someone who believes in government by elected representatives only, with no king or queen
2

Republican

a member or supporter of the Republican Party in the US [↪ Democrat]
3

Republican

someone from Northern Ireland who believes that Northern Ireland should become part of the Republic of Ireland, not the United Kingdom [↪ loyalist]
—republicanism noun [uncountable]
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