資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Republican \Re*pub"lic*an\ (r?-p?b"l?-kan), n.
1. One who favors or prefers a republican form of government.
2. (U.S.Politics) A member of the Republican party.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build
their nests side by side, many together.
(b) A South African weaver bird ({Philet[ae]rus socius}).
These weaver birds build many nests together, under a
large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw.
{Red republican}. See under {Red}.