All 10 Uses
republic
in
Babbitt
(Edited)
- They were of eternal importance, like baseball or the Republican Party.
Chpt 1
- He searched for an attitude, but neither as a Republican, a Presbyterian, an Elk, nor a real-estate broker did he have any doctrine about preacher-mayors laid down for him, so he grunted and went on.
Chpt 2
- Despite his strange learnings he was as strict a Presbyterian and as firm a Republican as George F. Babbitt.
Chpt 3 *
- Say, old man, what do you think about the Republican candidate?
Chpt 3
- Who you rootin' for for Republican candidate, Mr. Babbitt?
Chpt 3
- After all, there's still a good month and two weeks—no, three weeks—must be almost three weeks—well, there's more than six weeks in all before the Republican convention, and I feel a fellow ought to keep an open mind and give all the candidates a show—look 'em all over and size 'em up, and then decide carefully.
Chpt 3
- Just as he was an Elk, a Booster, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce, just as the priests of the Presbyterian Church determined his every religious belief and the senators who controlled the Republican Party decided in little smoky rooms in Washington what he should think about disarmament, tariff, and Germany, so did the large national advertisers fix the surface of his life, fix what he believed to be his individuality.
Chpt 7
- His convention paper had given him the beginning of a reputation for oratory, so the Republican-Democratic Central Committee sent him to the Seventh Ward and South Zenith, to address small audiences of workmen and clerks, and wives uneasy with their new votes.
Chpt 14
- You see, I'm an organization Republican, and I kind of felt—
Chpt 26
- Why the doctor here heard you cussing out and defaming one of the finest types of Republican congressmen, just this noon!
Chpt 32
Definitions:
-
(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
-
(2)
(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.