All 3 Uses of
republic
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- The republican institutions of our country have produced simpler and happier manners than those which prevail in the great monarchies that surround it.
p. 66.6 *
- The volume of Plutarch's Lives which I possessed contained the histories of the first founders of the ancient republics.†
p. 131.7republics = governmental systems in which a majority of citizens elect representatives to make laws
- I am by birth a Genevese, and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic.†
p. 33.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(republic as in: the country is a republic) of a system of government in which a majority of citizens elect representatives to make laws; or someone in favor of such a form of government
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus:
As a proper noun, the word form Republican is commonly used to describe one of the major U.S. political parties. It is and has been used by many other organizations such as The Irish Republican Army.