republic āļāļ·āļāļāļ°āđāļĢ republic āļāļ·āļāļāļ°āđāļĢ A political order whose head of state is not a monarch and in modern times is usually a president.A nation that has such a political order.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. A nation that has such a political order.A specific republican government of a nation: the Fourth Republic of France. An autonomous or partially autonomous political and territorial unit belonging to a sovereign federation.A group of people working as equals in the same sphere or field: the republic of letters.