Republican Definition

republican
adjective
  1. relating to or belonging to the Republican Party; "a Republican senator"; "Republican party politics"
  2. having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government; "the United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government"- United States Constitution; "a very republican notion"; "so little republican and so much aristocratic sentiment"- Philip Marsh; "our republican and artistic simplicity"-Nathaniel Hawthorne
noun
  1. a member of the Republican Party
  2. an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy)
  3. a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas

"Republican" in song lyrics

See how republican is used in real songs:

  • "It's time to vote, Democrat or Republican"
    Birmingham J — Out of Control
  • "I'm not American, punk, Democrat, or Republican"
    Dead Prez — I'm a African
  • "I vote Republican"
    DJ Clue f/ Nature — Nature Freestyle

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