republic
/ɹɪˈpʌb.lɪk/ noun B1- A 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; Norway is a constitutional monarchy.
- One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast. · The Republic of Udmurtia is west of the Permian Oblast.
- One of the subdivisions that made up the former Yugoslavia.
Plural republics
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Between ourselves, the recent cases in which I have been of assistance to the royal family of Scandinavia, and to the French republic, have left me in such a position that I could continue to live in the quiet fashion which is most congenial to me, and to concentrate my attention upon my chemical researches.
“My opinion is, that all these old podestàs, these ancient condottieri,—for the Cavalcanti have commanded armies and governed provinces,—my opinion, I say, is, that they have buried their millions in corners, the secret of which they have transmitted only to their eldest sons, who have done the same from generation to generation; and the proof of this is seen in their yellow and dry appearance, like the florins of the republic, which, from being constantly gazed upon, have become reflected in them.”
“Oh, that coat is not his own idea; it is the Republic’s, which deputed David to devise a uniform for the Academicians.”
Take the Republic for a tutor; let us return with renewed strength to the battle-field, and I promise you 500,000 soldiers, another Marengo, and a second Austerlitz.
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