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.
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1. Amy's own Republican sympathies strengthened as the days passed.
埃米个人对共和党的支持与日俱增。
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2. "I'll get the Republican nomination," he assured me. "It's in the bag."
“我会得到共和党提名的，”他向我保证，“这是十拿九稳的事。”
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3. Republican strategists are taking particular aim at Democratic senators.
共和党的战略家正尖锐地攻击民主党的参议员。
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4. Republican leaders called him a disgrace to the party.
共和党领导人称他是全党的耻辱。
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5. Yet it is feared the Republican leadership could split over the agreement.
