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English
Noun
en-noun
- Someone who favours a republic; an anti-monarchist.
#context|history|politics Someone who favours social equality and opposes aristocracy and privilege.
#:Sir, there is one Mrs Macaulay in this town, a great republican. One day when I was at her house, I put on a very grave countenance, and said to her, 'Madam, I am now become a convert to your way of thinking. I am convinced that all mankind are upon an equal footing...' (Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, 1791). Travels of a Republican Radical in Search of Hot Water - Title of a collection of essays published by the leftwing novelist H. G. Wells in 1939.
Synonyms
anti-monarchist (1)
anti-royalist (1)
egalitarian (2)
anti-fascist (4)
rational (5)
Adjective
en-adj
- Of or belonging to a republic.
- Favouring a republic.
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