republic
(noun)
noun
1. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Similar word(s): commonwealth, democracy
Definition categories: group
2. a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch
- the head of state in a republic is usually a president
Definition categories: group
Sentences with republic as a noun:
- The United States is a republic; the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a constitutional monarchy.
- The Republic of Udmurtia is west of the Permian Oblast.