• Ludwig van Beethoven@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    republic /rɪˈpʌblɪk/ noun a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.

    from one of those Oxford ones