republican
adjective
of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
republicans
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pluralof republican.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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That leaves many Irish republicans in an unexpected position.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
Militant Irish republicans had been paying close attention to Carson’s tactics — which anticipated Mao Zedong’s maxim about the source of political power — and would eagerly emulate his example in the years ahead.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2024
The details were later obtained by dissident republicans.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2024
O’Neill, 47, was elected to the Stormont Assembly in 2007 and comes from a family of Irish republicans.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
The loyalists who left these States were not, it must be confessed, as good republicans as you are, but they loved liberty under their old forms, and their descendants love it too.
From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by James H. Stark
