Definition of republic
1a(1): a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president
(2): a political unit (such as a nation) having such a form of government
b(1): a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law
(2): a political unit (such as a nation) having such a form of government
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b(1): a government in which
supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote
and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law
Sit down, son.