Republican vs Moron - What's the difference?
republican | moron |
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.
(dated, originally) A person of borderline intelligence in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50-69.
(informal) An unintelligent person; an idiot; a fool.
As an adjective republican
is (us politics) of or pertaining to the republican party of the united states.As a noun republican
is (british|ireland) an irish nationalist; a proponent of a united ireland.As a proper noun moron is
a commune in southwestern haiti.republican
English
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...'
