adjective
Republican (comparative more Republican, superlative most Republican)
(US politics) Of or pertaining to the Republican Party of the United States.
Alternative letter-case form of republican.
Examples
Coordinate terms: Democratic, Green, Libertarian
There are Libertarian, Republican and Democratic nominees running for office right now.
noun
Republican (plural Republicans)
(US politics) A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.
(British, Ireland) An Irish nationalist; a proponent of a united Ireland.
(chiefly Ireland, now rare) A member or supporter of Fianna Fáil, a centre-right party in Ireland.
(historical) A supporter of the government or left-wing side in the Spanish Civil War.
A member of Les Républicains, a right-wing party in France.
A member of Die Republikaner, a far-right party in Germany.
Examples
Coordinate terms: Democrat, Green, Libertarian, Independent
Famine, pestilence, war… War! I like it!When did you become a Republican.
At one point in the debate, the moderator asked a tough question that had the candidates stumped.Moderator: "This question is for both of the candidates. Those ever-important independent voters who haven’t decided who to vote for would like to know what the real differences between you two are."Gore: "I think the real difference between Governor Bush and I is that he is in fact a Republican, and I am currently a Democrat."Moderator: "That doesn’t really answer the question, I am talking about issues."Bush: "No, he is right. I am a Republican, and he is a Democrat."
It was confident both that the Republicans would never put it out to put Cosgrave in, and that Fine Gael was equally against the Republicans.
Related words
synonyms
(Member or supporter of the US Republican Party): Republicunt, Retardican, Rethuglican (all vulgar, derogatory); see also Fascist (inexact, derogatory)