Republic
re·pub·lic (r-pblk)
n.
1.
a.A political order whose head of state is not a monarch and in modern times is usually a president.
b.A nation that has such a political order.
2.
a.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.
b.A nation that has such a political order.
3.often Republic A specific republican government of a nation: the Fourth Republic of France.
4.An autonomous or partially autonomous political and territorial unit belonging to a sovereign federation.
5.A group of people working as equals in the same sphere or field: the republic of letters. Republican
re·pub·li·can (r-pbl-kn)
adj. 1.Of, relating to, or characteristic of a republic.
2.Favoring a republic as the best form of government.
3.Republican Of, relating to, characteristic of, or belonging to the Republican Party of the United States. n. 1.One who favors a republic as the best form of government.
2.Republican A member of the Republican Party of the United States. So you see, there IS A DIFFERENCE between a country being a Republic and the political party.
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