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republic (iou)



republic noun & adjective. L16.
[French republique from Latin respublica, from res affair, thing + fem. of publicus PUBLIC adjective.]
A. noun.
The State, the general good. L16-L17.
(Also Republic.) Any State in which supreme power is held by the people or their elected representatives as opp. to by a monarch etc.; a commonwealth. Also, a period during which a State has such a constitution. L16.
BANANA republic.
Pall Mall Gazette The distracted and faction ridden Republic of France. New Yorker During the first few years of the Republic.
transf. Any community of people, animals, etc., with equality between its members. L17.
republic of letters: see LETTER noun1.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of the nature of or pertaining to a republic or republics; republican. Now rare or obsolete. M17.