单词 | unrepublican |
释义 | unrepublicanadj. Not republican; not consonant with the spirit or principles of republicanism. ΚΠ 1795 S. J. Pratt Gleanings through Wales III. lvi. 7 Their servants..were receiving the orders of their masters, with their heads uncovered, and their bodies bent in a very unrepublican manner. 1839 A. B. Muzzey Moral Teacher ii. vi. 148 Force and threats in political affairs, are as immoral as they are unrepublican. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 126 13 Erasmus's description of what he calls the unrepublican bird [sc. the eagle]. 1910 H. D. Bixby Open Secret x. 217 The government of alien peoples by rulers in whose choice they have no part is not merely unrepublican but a retrogression to the methods of semi-civilized times. 1996 Mail on Sunday 28 Apr. (Night & Day Suppl.) 39/4 The British are unrepublican at heart and have never taken to Cromwell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1795 |
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