republic /ɹɪˈpʌb.lɪk/noun 4forms 1phrases 1 noun4 •a country where power belongs to the people and the leaders they vote for, not to a ruling familyThe United States is a republic; Norway is a constitutional monarchy. •One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.The Republic of Udmurtia is west of the Permian Oblast. •One of the subdivisions that made up the former Yugoslavia. •(no longer used) A state, which may or may not be a monarchy, in which the executive and legislative branches of government are separate. formsrepublics Phrases with republic banana republicA small country, especially one in Central America or the West Indies, that is dependent on a single export commodity (traditionally bananas) and that has a corrupt, dictatorial government.
