Second Republic

noun

the republic established in France in 1848 and replaced by the Second Empire in 1852.

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British Dictionary definitions for second republic

Second Republic

noun

the republican government of France from the deposition of Louis Philippe (1848) until the Second Empire (1852)

the period during which this form of government existed (1848–52)

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