1712, "belonging to a republic, of the nature of a republic, consonant to the principles of a republic," from republic + -an. The French republican calendar was in use from Nov. 26, 1793 to Dec. 31, 1805.
republican (n.)
"one who favors a republic or republican principles" (or, as Johnson puts it, "One who thinks a commonwealth without monarchy the best government"), 1690s; see from republican (adj.). With capital R-, in reference to a member of a specific U.S. political party (the Anti-Federalists) from 1782, though this was not the ancestor of the modern U.S. Republican Party, which dates from 1854.
雙語例句
1. Amy's own Republican sympathies strengthened as the days passed.
埃米個人對共和黨的支持與日俱增。
來自柯林斯例句
2. "I'll get the Republican nomination," he assured me. "It's in the bag."
“我會得到共和黨提名的，”他向我保證，“這是十拿九穩的事。”
來自柯林斯例句
3. Republican strategists are taking particular aim at Democratic senators.
共和黨的戰略家正尖銳地攻擊民主黨的參議員。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Republican leaders called him a disgrace to the party.
共和黨領導人稱他是全黨的恥辱。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Yet it is feared the Republican leadership could split over the agreement.