Someone who favors a republic as a form of government. / A bird of a kind that builds many nests together: the American cliff swallow, or the South African weaver bird.

(US politics) Of or pertaining to the Republican Party of the United States. / Alternative letter-case form of republican.

(US politics) A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.

Any of several Irish guerrilla or terrorist organisations fighting British rule in Ireland (later Northern Ireland) since the early 20th century.

plural of republican

The political ideology of being a citizen in a state as a republic under which the people hold popular sovereignty.

plural of republicanism

plural of republican marriage

(historical) An alleged form of execution during the French Revolution in which a man and woman were tied together naked, exposed to public view for a time in this condition, and then stabbed, shot, or thrown into a body of water to drown.

plural of Republican