republican : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a terrorist organization formed in Ireland in 1994 as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein
  CIRA; Continuity Army Council.
  

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• noun a former major political party in the United States in the early 19th century; opposed the old Federalist party; favored a strict interpretation of the constitution in order to limit the powers of the federal government
  

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• noun a radical terrorist group that broke away in 1997 when the mainstream Provisional IRA proposed a cease-fire; has continued terrorist activities in opposition to any peace agreement
  RIRA; Dissident Irish Republican Army; Real IRA.
  

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• noun a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland
  Irish Republican Army; IRA; Provos; Provisional IRA.
  

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• noun a radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland
  Irish National Liberation Army; People's Liberation Army; INLA; Catholic Reaction Force.
  

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• noun a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland
  Irish Republican Army; IRA; Provos; Provisional IRA.
  

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• noun a radical terrorist group that broke away in 1997 when the mainstream Provisional IRA proposed a cease-fire; has continued terrorist activities in opposition to any peace agreement
  RIRA; Dissident Irish Republican Army; Real IRA.
  

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• . See under Red.

Webster 1913

• noun formerly Iraq's elite military unit whose primary role was to protect the government in Baghdad
  

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• noun the younger of two major political parties in the United States; GOP is an acronym for grand old party
  GOP.
  

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• . (U.S. Politics) (a) An earlier name of the Democratic party when it was opposed to the Federal party. Thomas Jefferson was its great leader. (b) One of the existing great parties. It was organized in 1856 by a combination of voters from other parties for the purpose of opposing the extension of slavery, and in 1860 it elected Abraham Lincoln president.

Webster 1913

• noun a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas
  Republican.
  

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