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Noun: republic  ri'pú-blik
  1. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
    - commonwealth
     
  2. A form of government whose head of state is not a monarch
    "the head of state in a republic is usually a president"

Derived forms: republics

Type of: form of government, political system

Encyclopedia: Republic, PA