/ri pub"li keuhn/ , adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a republic.
2. favoring a republic.
3. fitting or appropriate for the citizen of a republic: a very republican notion.
4. ( cap. ) of or pertaining to the Republican party.
n.
5. a person who favors a republican form of government.
6. ( cap. ) a member of the Republican party.
[ 1685-95; républicain, MF. See REPUBLIC, -AN ]