Comment Re:USA is not a republic (Score 2, Informative) 405
republic (plural republics)
1. A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/republic
1. A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/republic