Both Uses of
republic
in
BoneMan's Daughters
- In the Republic of Texas, everybody wore boots and drove trucks and could sing "Dixie" from memory.†
Chpt 4republic = a system of government in which a majority of citizens elect representatives to make laws
- A monster of the most sinister kind, out of the FBI's reach, breaking the bones of the Republic of Texas's most innocent children.†
Chpt 4 *
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 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.