Republic

noun

[ɹɪˈpʌblɪk]

Word Frequency: 33.2

Definitions

1.nounA state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.

"The United States is a republic; the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a constitutional monarchy."

2.nounA state, which may or may not be a monarchy, in which the executive and legislative branches of government are separate.

3.nounOne of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.

"The Republic of Udmurtia is west of the Permian Oblast."

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