noun
plural -cans
[count] Republican :a member of the Republican party of the U.S.
a person who believes in or supports a republican form of government
Republican :a person from Northern Ireland who believes that Northern Ireland should be part of the Republic of Ireland rather than the United Kingdom - opposite loyalist
adjective
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Republican US :of or relating to one of the two major political parties in the U.S.
relating to or based on a form of government in which representatives are elected and there is no king or queen