Re‐pub″lic‐an (r?–p?b″l?–kan), n. 1. One who favors or prefers a republican form of government.
2. (U.S.Politics) A member of the Republican party.
3. (Zoöl.) (a) The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side, many together. (b) A South African weaver bird (Philetærus socius). These weaver birds build many nests together, under a large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw.
Red republican. See under Red.