republic

Meaning

Noun

• A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.
• A state, which may or may not be a monarchy, in which the executive and legislative branches of government are separate.
• One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.

Origin

• From Middle French republique, borrowed from Latin rēpūblicā, ablative singular of rēspūblica, from rēs + publicus; hence literally “the public thing”.