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Imperial vs Republican - What's the difference?

imperial | republican |

As adjectives the difference between imperial and republican

is that imperial is related to an empire, emperor, or empress while republican is advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government.

As nouns the difference between imperial and republican

is that imperial is a bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle while republican is someone who favors a republic as a form of government.

As a proper noun Imperial

is a city in California.

imperial

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
  • * Shakespeare
  • the imperial diadem of Rome
  • Relating to the British imperial system of measurement.
  • Very grand or fine.
  • Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence.
  • Synonyms

    * imperial system * (humorous) old money

    Derived terms

    * Imperial City * imperially * imperial prince * imperial princess * imperialism * imperialist * imperiality * imperialities

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.
  • (paper, printing) A printing-paper size measuring 30 inches x 22 inches.
  • Usage notes

    A Champagne or Burgundy wine bottle with this volume would be called a Methuselah. ----

    republican

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government.
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 222:
  • 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 ).
  • Of or belonging to a republic.
  • * Macaulay
  • The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who favors a republic as a form of government.
  • * 1791 , James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson :
  • 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...'
  • A bird of a kind that builds many nests together: the American cliff swallow, or the South African weaver bird.
  • See also

    * anti-monarchist (1) * antiroyalist (1) * egalitarian (2) * antifascist (4) * rational (5)