republican

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a member of the Republican Party
noun an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy)
noun a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas

From republic + -an, partly after French républicain.

To go and become a Republican! — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
Republican France has no need of me. — The Yellow Crayon, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
To the new republican sub-prefect at Dieppe. — Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant, Guy de Maupassant

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