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republican | wigg |

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 wigg is

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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)

    wigg

    English

    Alternative forms

    * wig

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A kind of raised seedcake.
  • * Samuel Pepys
    • Home to the only Lenten supper I have had of wiggs and ale.
    (Webster 1913)