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  1. republic, form of government in which a state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body. Modern republics are founded on the idea that sovereignty rests with the people, though who is included and excluded from the category of the people has varied across history.

  2. noun. a form of government in which the people or their elected representatives possess the supreme power. a political or national unit possessing such a form of government. a constitutional form in which the head of state is an elected or nominated president.

  3. REPUBLIC | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of republic in English. republic. noun [ C ] us / rəˈpʌb.lɪk / uk / rɪˈpʌb.lɪk / Add to word list. C1. a country without a king or queen, usually governed by elected representatives of the people and a president: the People's Republic of China.

  4. Britannica Dictionary definition of REPUBLIC. [count] : a country that is governed by elected representatives and by an elected leader (such as a president) rather than by a king or queen. an independent republic. an eastern European republic.

  5. May 17, 2018 · Republic. by Plato. THE LITERARY WORK. A philosophical dialogue set in the Piraeus, the port of Athens, Greece, c, 411 bce; written in Greek sometime between 388 and 360 bce. SYNOPSIS. Socrates and the group with which he converses construct a “city in speech” in order to discover the meaning and value of justice.

  6. REPUBLIC | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Meaning of republic in English. republic. noun [ C ] uk / rɪˈpʌb.lɪk / us / rəˈpʌb.lɪk / Add to word list. C1. a country without a king or queen, usually governed by elected representatives of the people and a president: the People's Republic of China. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

  7. noun. /rɪˈpʌblɪk/ a country that is governed by a president and politicians elected by the people and where there is no king or queen. newly independent republics. Mary McAleese has been the President of the Republic of Ireland since 1997. see also banana republic compare monarchy. Extra Examples. Topics Politics c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.

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