Dem vs Republican - What's the difference?
dem | republican |
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(in the sense of "those")
(clitic, postfix) A group of.
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Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government.
* 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 222:
Of or belonging to a republic.
* Macaulay
Someone who favors a republic as a form of government.
* 1791 , James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson :
A bird of a kind that builds many nests together: the American cliff swallow, or the South African weaver bird.
As nouns the difference between dem and republican
is that dem is face while republican is (british|ireland) an irish nationalist; a proponent of a united ireland.As an adjective republican is
(us politics) of or pertaining to the republican party of the united states.dem
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Pronoun
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Determiner
(en determiner)- What are dem fings doing 'ere?
- Chillin' wiv da man dem
- Jammin' wiv da man dem
- It's all good in the hood wiv da man dem
- I’ve got my peeps dem with me shouting pull up your socks,
- Cos we just broke the law and now we're running from cops.
Anagrams
* ----republican
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Republican ideology had no obvious institutional focus and ideological carrier as was the case with the discourse of reason (the monarchy) and the discourse of law (the parlements ).
- The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate.
Noun
(en noun)- Sir, there is one Mrs Macaulay in this town, a great republican . One day when I was at her house, I put on a very grave countenance, and said to her, 'Madam, I am now become a convert to your way of thinking. I am convinced that all mankind are upon an equal footing...'