republican
adjective
of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
unrepublican
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a word derived from
republican.
Example Sentences
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Twice a day the prisoners were marched up the streets of Bisuka to the courthouse, and back again to camp, till the citizens became accustomed to the strange, unrepublican procession.
From The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories by Mary Hallock Foote
It is easy to see that empire obtained by force is unrepublican and offensive to that first principle of our Union according to which all just government stands only on the consent of the governed.
From Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers by Benj. N. Martin
All this the Anti- Federalists held to be unrepublican.
From A Brief History of the United States by John Bach McMaster
It was created, somewhat on the lines of the Savage, by men who wrote or drew things, and has blossomed into most unrepublican luxury.
From American Notes by Rudyard Kipling
Besides, it was something that had been unpopular in ancient Greece and Rome, and it was thought to be essentially unrepublican in principle.
From Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins by John Fiske
