Republican can refer to:
- An advocate of a republic, a form of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is generally associated with the rule of law
- Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or against monarchy; the opposite of monarchism
- Republicanism in Australia
- Republicanism in Canada
- Republicanism in New Zealand
- Republicanism in the United Kingdom
- Classical republicanism, republicanism as formulated in the Renaissance
- Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or against monarchy; the opposite of monarchism
- A member of a Republican Party:
- List of Republican Parties, a complete listing
- Republican Party (United States), a conservative party in the U.S.
- Fianna Fáil, a centrist Irish party also known as the Republican Party
- List of Republican People's Parties, a complete listing
- Institutions or supporters of particular governments that called themselves republics, including:
- List of republics, a complete listing
- Roman Republic, as well as supporters of the Republic during the Roman Empire
- Second Spanish Republic, during the Spanish Civil War, as well as its supporters
- Various French Republics, most notably the First Republic established during the French Revolution and the Second Republic, the first post-Revolution republic in France.
- Irish republicanism, a faction in the Irish independence movement supportive of a complete break with the United Kingdom
- Republican City, Nebraska, a village in Nebraska, United States
- Republican River, a river in Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas in the United States
- The Republican (Springfield), a newspaper published in Springfield, Massachusetts
- The Woodville Republican, a weekly newspaper published in Woodville, Mississippi
Famous quotes containing the word republican:
“A man of great employments and excellent performance used to assure me that he did not think a man worth anything until he was sixty; although this smacks a little of the resolution of a certain “Young Men’s Republican Club,” that all men should be held eligible who are under seventy.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King—my republican feelings and principles forbid it—the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
“A Republican by principle and devotion, I will, until my death, oppose all Royalists ... and all enemies of my Government and the Republic.”
—Jean Baptiste Bernadotte (1763–1844)