REPUBLIC


Meaning of REPUBLIC in English

n. 1 a State in which supreme power is held by the people or their elected representatives or by an elected or nominated president, not by a monarch etc. 2 a society with equality between its members (the literary republic). Republic Day the day on which the foundation of a republic is commemorated; in India 26 January.

[ F république f. L respublica f. res concern + publicus PUBLIC ]

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