Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
re·pub·lic
\\ri-ˈpə-blik\\ noun ETYMOLOGY French république, from Middle French republique, from Latin respublica, from res thing, wealth + publica, feminine of publicus public — more at real
, public
DATE 1604
1.
a.
(1) a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president
(2) a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government
b.
(1) a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law
(2) a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government
c. a usually specified republican government of a political unit
the French Fourth Republic2. a body of persons freely engaged in a specified activity
the republic of letters3. a constituent political and territorial unit of the former nations of Czechoslovakia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or Yugoslavia republic
1604, "state in which supreme power rests in the people," from Fr. république, from L. respublica (abl. republica), lit. res publica "public interest, the state," from res "affair, matter, thing" + publica, fem. of publicus "public" (see public). Republican (adj.) "belonging to a republic" is recorded from 1712; in noun sense of "one who favors a republic" it is recorded from 1697; and in sense of a member of a specific U.S. political party (the Anti-Federalists) from 1782, though this was not the ancestor of the modern Republican Party, which dates from 1854. Republicrat in U.S. political jargon usually meaning "moderate," is attested from 1940.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
republicre·pub·lic /
ri5pQblik /
noun a country that is governed by a president and politicians elected by the people and where there is no king or queen
共和国；共和政体:
newly independent republics 新独立的共和国
the Republic of Ireland 爱尔兰共和国⇨ compare
monarchy
Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English
Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishrepublic
noun
ADJ. new | autonomous, independent | breakaway the breakaway republics of the former Soviet empire | self-proclaimed | democratic, federal, Islamic, people's, socialist the People's Republic of China | banana (disapproving, offensive) (= a small poor country with a weak government, that depends on foreign money)
VERB + REPUBLIC create, establish, form, found | abolish | declare (sth), proclaim (sth) They have declared themselves an independent democratic republic. | recognize (sth as) | overthrow
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
re·pub·licI. \rə̇ˈpəblik, rēˈp-, -lēk\
noun
(
-s)
Etymology: French
république, from Middle French
republique, from Latin
respublica, res publica, from
res thing, fact, matter +
publica, feminine of
publicus public — more at
real
,
public
1. obsolete : commonweal
,
state
2.
a.
(1) : a government characterized by having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president
(2) : a political unit (as a nation or state) having such a form of government
< the republic of England, Scotland, and Ireland under Oliver Cromwell — E.E.Reynolds >
< the republics of South America have been the happy hunting ground of dictators — L.A.Mills >
< the ancient Roman republic >
b.
(1) : a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law
: representative democracy
(2) : a political unit (as a nation or state) having such a form of government
< pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands — Francis Bellamy >
< the German people … by creating a federal republic resting upon a democratic constitution — U.S. Code >
c. : a usually specified republican government of a political unit
< France's republics are numbered … consecutively — Times Literary Supplement >
< the Fourth Republic >3.
a. : a community of beings that resembles in organization a political republic and is usually characterized by a general equality among members
< a curious republic of industrious hornets — M.G.J.deCrèvecoeur >
b. : a body of persons freely engaged in a specified activity
< the republic of art >
< the republic of letters >4. : an organization modeled after a junior republic
< establish a boys' republic in this state — Springfield (Massachusetts) Daily News >5. : a constituent political and territorial unit of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Yugoslavia
< our visits to four of the republics of Yugoslavia — G.E.Shipler >
< the Ukraine and the other republics within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics — Bogdan Raditsa >II. adjectivealso republicalEtymology: republic from
republic (I)
; republical from
republic (I)
+ -alobsolete : republican
1
< the republic cities … of Greece — Roger Boyle >
< devoted to the … republical party — Edward Hyde >
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