republiqueta noun2 •(disapproving) A small and recently created republic, with a precarious organization and weak institutions.Lumumba replied by going on the air to congratulate "our brothers of the North Congo," in "the republiquette of the Abbe Youlou." — 1968 •(offensive, historical) An independence-seeking guerrilla group in South America in the 19th century. formsrepubliquetas