<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>A state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.</li><li>Any body of persons viewed as a commonwealth.</li><li>A state in which the head of government is not a monarch or other hereditary head of state.</li><li>(Initial capital letter) any of the five periods of republican government in France. Compare First Republic, Second Republic, Third Republic, Fourth Republic, Fifth Republic.</li><li>(Initial capital letter, italics) a philosophical dialogue (4th century B.C.) by Plato dealing with the composition and structure of the ideal state.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>