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publican
(encz) | publican,hostinský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Publican
(gcide) | Publican \Pub"li*can\, n. [L. publicanus: cf. F. publicain. See
Public.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A farmer of the taxes and public revenues;
hence, a collector of toll or tribute. The inferior
officers of this class were often oppressive in their
exactions, and were regarded with great detestation.
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As Jesus at meat . . . many publicans and sinners
came and sat down with him and his disciples.
--Matt. 1x.
10.
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How like a fawning publican he looks! --Shak.
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2. The keeper of an inn or public house; one licensed to
retail beer, spirits, or wine.
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publican
(wn) | publican
n 1: the keeper of a public house [syn: publican, {tavern
keeper}] |
PUBLICAN
(bouvier) | PUBLICAN, civil law. A farmer of the public revenue; one who held a lease of
some property from the public treasury. Dig. 39, 4, 1, 1; Id. 39, 4, 12, 3;
Id. 39, 4, 13.
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publican
(encz) | publican,hostinský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
republican
(encz) | republican,republikán n: Zdeněk Brožrepublican,republikánský Pavel Machek; Giza |
republican party
(encz) | Republican Party, |
republicanism
(encz) | republicanism,republikánství n: Zdeněk Brož |
irish republican army
(czen) | Irish Republican Army,IRAn: [zkr.] [polit.] Petr Prášek |
French Republican calendar
(gcide) | Calendar \Cal"en*dar\, n. [OE. kalender, calender, fr. L.
kalendarium an interest or account book (cf. F. calendrier,
OF. calendier) fr. L. calendue, kalendae, calends. See
Calends.]
1. An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to
the purposes of civil life, as years, months, weeks, and
days; also, a register of the year with its divisions; an
almanac.
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2. (Eccl.) A tabular statement of the dates of feasts,
offices, saints' days, etc., esp. of those which are
liable to change yearly according to the varying date of
Easter.
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3. An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or
events; a schedule; as, a calendar of state papers; a
calendar of bills presented in a legislative assembly; a
calendar of causes arranged for trial in court; a calendar
of a college or an academy.
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Note: Shepherds of people had need know the calendars of
tempests of state. --Bacon.
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Calendar clock, one that shows the days of the week and
month.
Calendar month. See under Month.
French Republican calendar. See under Vend['e]miaire.
Gregorian calendar, Julian calendar, {Perpetual
calendar}. See under Gregorian, Julian, and Perpetual.
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Red Republican
(gcide) | Red \Red\, a. [Compar. Redder (-d?r); superl. Reddest.] [OE.
red, reed, AS. re['a]d, re['o]d; akin to OS. r[=o]d, OFries.
r[=a]d, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r[=o]t, Dan. & Sw.
r["o]d, Icel. rau[eth]r, rj[=o][eth]r, Goth. r['a]uds, W.
rhudd, Armor. ruz, Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr.
'eryqro`s, Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf. L. rutilus. [root]113.
Cf. Erysipelas, Rouge, Rubric, Ruby, Ruddy,
Russet, Rust.]
Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of
the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar
spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part. "Fresh
flowers, white and reede." --Chaucer.
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Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.
--Shak.
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Note: Red is a general term, including many different shades
or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red,
and the like.
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Note: Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining
compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced,
red-haired, red-headed, red-skinned, red-tailed,
red-topped, red-whiskered, red-coasted.
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Red admiral (Zool.), a beautiful butterfly ({Vanessa
Atalanta}) common in both Europe and America. The front
wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva
feeds on nettles. Called also Atalanta butterfly, and
nettle butterfly.
Red ant. (Zool.)
(a) A very small ant (Myrmica molesta) which often infests
houses.
(b) A larger reddish ant (Formica sanguinea), native of
Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making
species.
Red antimony (Min.), kermesite. See Kermes mineral
(b), under Kermes.
Red ash (Bot.), an American tree (Fraxinus pubescens),
smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber.
--Cray.
Red bass. (Zool.) See Redfish
(d) .
Red bay (Bot.), a tree (Persea Caroliniensis) having the
heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United
States.
Red beard (Zool.), a bright red sponge ({Microciona
prolifera}), common on oyster shells and stones. [Local,
U.S.]
Red birch (Bot.), a species of birch (Betula nigra)
having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-colored
wood. --Gray.
Red blindness. (Med.) See Daltonism.
Red book, a book containing the names of all the persons in
the service of the state. [Eng.]
Red book of the Exchequer, an ancient record in which are
registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam
in the time of Henry II. --Brande & C.
Red brass, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and
three of zinc.
Red bug. (Zool.)
(a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and
produces great irritation by its bites.
(b) A red hemipterous insect of the genus Pyrrhocoris,
especially the European species (Pyrrhocoris apterus),
which is bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree
trunks.
(c) See Cotton stainder, under Cotton.
Red cedar. (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree
(Juniperus Virginiana) having a fragrant red-colored
heartwood.
(b) A tree of India and Australia (Cedrela Toona) having
fragrant reddish wood; -- called also toon tree in
India.
Red horse. (Zool.)
(a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially
Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species.
(b) See the Note under Drumfish.
Red lead.
(Chem) See under Lead, and Minium.
Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite.
Red liquor (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of
aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of
dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used
originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant.
Red maggot (Zool.), the larva of the wheat midge.
Red manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite.
Red man, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his
color.
Red maple (Bot.), a species of maple (Acer rubrum). See
Maple.
Red mite. (Zool.) See Red spider, below.
Red mulberry (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple
color (Morus rubra).
Red mullet (Zool.), the surmullet. See Mullet.
Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a
reddish color.
Red perch (Zool.), the rosefish.
Red phosphorus. (Chem.) See under Phosphorus.
Red pine (Bot.), an American species of pine ({Pinus
resinosa}); -- so named from its reddish bark.
Red precipitate. See under Precipitate.
Red Republican (European Politics), originally, one who
maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, --
because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an
extreme radical in social reform. [Cant]
Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England.
Red sanders. (Bot.) See Sanders.
Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone.
Red scale (Zool.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus aurantii)
very injurious to the orange tree in California and
Australia.
Red silver (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or
reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red
silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver.
Red snapper (Zool.), a large fish (Lutjanus aya syn.
Lutjanus Blackfordii) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and
about the Florida reefs.
Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
(Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of
scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.
Red softening (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which
the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to
infarction or inflammation.
Red spider (Zool.), a very small web-spinning mite
(Tetranychus telarius) which infests, and often
destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those
cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly
on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn
yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red.
Called also red mite.
Red squirrel (Zool.), the chickaree.
Red tape,
(a) the tape used in public offices for tying up documents,
etc. Hence,
(b) official formality and delay; excessive bureaucratic
paperwork.
Red underwing (Zool.), any species of noctuid moths
belonging to Catacola and allied genera. The numerous
species are mostly large and handsomely colored. The under
wings are commonly banded with bright red or orange.
Red water, a disease in cattle, so called from an
appearance like blood in the urine.
[1913 Webster]Republican \Re*pub"lic*an\ (r?-p?b"l?-kan), n.
1. One who favors or prefers a republican form of government.
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2. (U.S.Politics) A member of the Republican party.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build
their nests side by side, many together.
(b) A South African weaver bird (Philetaerus socius).
These weaver birds build many nests together, under a
large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw.
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Red republican. See under Red.
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Red republican
(gcide) | Red \Red\, a. [Compar. Redder (-d?r); superl. Reddest.] [OE.
red, reed, AS. re['a]d, re['o]d; akin to OS. r[=o]d, OFries.
r[=a]d, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r[=o]t, Dan. & Sw.
r["o]d, Icel. rau[eth]r, rj[=o][eth]r, Goth. r['a]uds, W.
rhudd, Armor. ruz, Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr.
'eryqro`s, Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf. L. rutilus. [root]113.
Cf. Erysipelas, Rouge, Rubric, Ruby, Ruddy,
Russet, Rust.]
Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of
the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar
spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part. "Fresh
flowers, white and reede." --Chaucer.
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Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.
--Shak.
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Note: Red is a general term, including many different shades
or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red,
and the like.
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Note: Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining
compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced,
red-haired, red-headed, red-skinned, red-tailed,
red-topped, red-whiskered, red-coasted.
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Red admiral (Zool.), a beautiful butterfly ({Vanessa
Atalanta}) common in both Europe and America. The front
wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva
feeds on nettles. Called also Atalanta butterfly, and
nettle butterfly.
Red ant. (Zool.)
(a) A very small ant (Myrmica molesta) which often infests
houses.
(b) A larger reddish ant (Formica sanguinea), native of
Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making
species.
Red antimony (Min.), kermesite. See Kermes mineral
(b), under Kermes.
Red ash (Bot.), an American tree (Fraxinus pubescens),
smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber.
--Cray.
Red bass. (Zool.) See Redfish
(d) .
Red bay (Bot.), a tree (Persea Caroliniensis) having the
heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United
States.
Red beard (Zool.), a bright red sponge ({Microciona
prolifera}), common on oyster shells and stones. [Local,
U.S.]
Red birch (Bot.), a species of birch (Betula nigra)
having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-colored
wood. --Gray.
Red blindness. (Med.) See Daltonism.
Red book, a book containing the names of all the persons in
the service of the state. [Eng.]
Red book of the Exchequer, an ancient record in which are
registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam
in the time of Henry II. --Brande & C.
Red brass, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and
three of zinc.
Red bug. (Zool.)
(a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and
produces great irritation by its bites.
(b) A red hemipterous insect of the genus Pyrrhocoris,
especially the European species (Pyrrhocoris apterus),
which is bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree
trunks.
(c) See Cotton stainder, under Cotton.
Red cedar. (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree
(Juniperus Virginiana) having a fragrant red-colored
heartwood.
(b) A tree of India and Australia (Cedrela Toona) having
fragrant reddish wood; -- called also toon tree in
India.
Red horse. (Zool.)
(a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially
Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species.
(b) See the Note under Drumfish.
Red lead.
(Chem) See under Lead, and Minium.
Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite.
Red liquor (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of
aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of
dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used
originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant.
Red maggot (Zool.), the larva of the wheat midge.
Red manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite.
Red man, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his
color.
Red maple (Bot.), a species of maple (Acer rubrum). See
Maple.
Red mite. (Zool.) See Red spider, below.
Red mulberry (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple
color (Morus rubra).
Red mullet (Zool.), the surmullet. See Mullet.
Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a
reddish color.
Red perch (Zool.), the rosefish.
Red phosphorus. (Chem.) See under Phosphorus.
Red pine (Bot.), an American species of pine ({Pinus
resinosa}); -- so named from its reddish bark.
Red precipitate. See under Precipitate.
Red Republican (European Politics), originally, one who
maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, --
because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an
extreme radical in social reform. [Cant]
Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England.
Red sanders. (Bot.) See Sanders.
Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone.
Red scale (Zool.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus aurantii)
very injurious to the orange tree in California and
Australia.
Red silver (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or
reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red
silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver.
Red snapper (Zool.), a large fish (Lutjanus aya syn.
Lutjanus Blackfordii) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and
about the Florida reefs.
Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
(Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of
scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.
Red softening (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which
the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to
infarction or inflammation.
Red spider (Zool.), a very small web-spinning mite
(Tetranychus telarius) which infests, and often
destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those
cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly
on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn
yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red.
Called also red mite.
Red squirrel (Zool.), the chickaree.
Red tape,
(a) the tape used in public offices for tying up documents,
etc. Hence,
(b) official formality and delay; excessive bureaucratic
paperwork.
Red underwing (Zool.), any species of noctuid moths
belonging to Catacola and allied genera. The numerous
species are mostly large and handsomely colored. The under
wings are commonly banded with bright red or orange.
Red water, a disease in cattle, so called from an
appearance like blood in the urine.
[1913 Webster]Republican \Re*pub"lic*an\ (r?-p?b"l?-kan), n.
1. One who favors or prefers a republican form of government.
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2. (U.S.Politics) A member of the Republican party.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build
their nests side by side, many together.
(b) A South African weaver bird (Philetaerus socius).
These weaver birds build many nests together, under a
large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw.
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Red republican. See under Red.
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Republican
(gcide) | Republican \Re*pub"lic*an\ (r?-p?b"l?-kan), n.
1. One who favors or prefers a republican form of government.
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2. (U.S.Politics) A member of the Republican party.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build
their nests side by side, many together.
(b) A South African weaver bird (Philetaerus socius).
These weaver birds build many nests together, under a
large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw.
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Red republican. See under Red.
[1913 Webster]Republican \Re*pub"lic*an\ (-l?-kan), a. [F. r['e]publicain.]
1. Of or pertaining to a republic.
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The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named
by the senate. --Macaulay.
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2. Consonant with the principles of a republic; as,
republican sentiments or opinions; republican manners.
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Republican party. (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.
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Republican party
(gcide) | Republican \Re*pub"lic*an\ (-l?-kan), a. [F. r['e]publicain.]
1. Of or pertaining to a republic.
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The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named
by the senate. --Macaulay.
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2. Consonant with the principles of a republic; as,
republican sentiments or opinions; republican manners.
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Republican party. (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.
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Republicanism
(gcide) | Republicanism \Re*pub"lic*an*ism\ (-?z'm), n. [Cf. F.
r['e]publicanisme.]
1. A republican form or system of government; the principles
or theory of republican government.
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2. Attachment to, or political sympathy for, a republican
form of government. --Burke.
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3. The principles and policy of the Republican party, so
called [U.S.]
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Republicanize
(gcide) | Republicanize \Re*pub"lic*an*ize\ (-?z), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Republicanized (-?zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Republicanizing
(-?`z?ng).] [Cf. F. r['e]publicaniser.]
To change, as a state, into a republic; to republican
principles; as, France was republicanized; to republicanize
the rising generation. --D. Ramsay.
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Republicanized
(gcide) | Republicanize \Re*pub"lic*an*ize\ (-?z), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Republicanized (-?zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Republicanizing
(-?`z?ng).] [Cf. F. r['e]publicaniser.]
To change, as a state, into a republic; to republican
principles; as, France was republicanized; to republicanize
the rising generation. --D. Ramsay.
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Republicanizing
(gcide) | Republicanize \Re*pub"lic*an*ize\ (-?z), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Republicanized (-?zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Republicanizing
(-?`z?ng).] [Cf. F. r['e]publicaniser.]
To change, as a state, into a republic; to republican
principles; as, France was republicanized; to republicanize
the rising generation. --D. Ramsay.
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continuity irish republican army
(wn) | Continuity Irish Republican Army
n 1: a terrorist organization formed in Ireland in 1994 as a
clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein [syn: {Continuity Irish
Republican Army}, CIRA, Continuity Army Council] |
democratic-republican party
(wn) | Democratic-Republican Party
n 1: 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 |
dissident irish republican army
(wn) | Dissident Irish Republican Army
n 1: 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 [syn: Real IRA, Real Irish Republican Army,
RIRA, Dissident Irish Republican Army] |
irish republican army
(wn) | Irish Republican Army
n 1: 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 [syn: Irish Republican Army, IRA,
Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA,
Provos] |
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