republic
nounA political order whose head of state is not a monarch and in modern times is usually a president.
nounA nation that has such a political order.
nounA political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them.
nounA nation that has such a political order.
nounA specific republican government of a nation.
nounAn autonomous or partially autonomous political and territorial unit belonging to a sovereign federation.
nounA group of people working as equals in the same sphere or field.
nounThe commonwealth; the state.