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Second Republic

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

noun
  1. the republican government of France from the deposition of Louis Philippe (1848) until the Second Empire (1852)
  2. the period during which this form of government existed (1848–52)
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