republic

noun

A political order whose head of state is not a monarch and in modern times is usually a president.

noun

A nation that has such a political order.

noun

A 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.

noun

A nation that has such a political order.

noun

A specific republican government of a nation.

noun

An autonomous or partially autonomous political and territorial unit belonging to a sovereign federation.

noun

A group of people working as equals in the same sphere or field.

noun

The commonwealth; the state.