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Pronoun vs Republican - What's the difference?

pronoun | republican |

As nouns the difference between pronoun and republican

is that pronoun is (grammar) a type of noun that refers anaphorically to another noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective english examples include i, you, him, who, me, my, each other 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.

pronoun

English

(wikipedia pronoun)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (grammar) A type of noun that refers anaphorically to another noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective. English examples include I, you, him, who, me, my, each other .

    • Hypernyms

    * pro-form

    Related terms

    * pronominal

    Derived terms

    * demonstrative pronoun * indefinite pronoun * intensive pronoun * interrogative pronoun * object pronoun * personal pronoun * possessive pronoun * reciprocal pronoun * reflexive pronoun * relative pronoun

    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)