republiquette

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See also: républiquette

English

Etymology

From French républiquette, from république (republic) +‎ -ette (diminutive suffix).

Noun

republiquette (plural republiquettes)

  1. Alternative form of republiqueta
    • 1927, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, The Pope of the Sea: An Historical Medley, page 220:
      The republiquette of which that professional trouble-maker was de facto tyrant, would be lost as a needle in a haystack in the smallest of the Argentine provinces.
    • 1968, F. Seth Singleton, The African States and the Congo Affair, 1960-1965, page 80:
      Lumumba replied by going on the air to congratulate "our brothers of the North Congo," in "the republiquette of the Abbe Youlou."
    • 1992, Américas, volumes 44-45, page 44:
      ... the republiquette of Ayopaya, which from 1821 on was commanded by General José Miguel Lanza.