Meaning

noun a member of the Republican Party

noun an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy)

noun a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Latin rēs Proto-Italic *poplosder. Old Latin poplusder. Old Latin poplicus Latin pūblicus Latin pūblica Latin rēspūblica Latin rēpūblicālbor. Middle French republiquebor. English republic Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an…

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