vrijstaat — meaning in English
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English meaning
- republic noun A country governed by elected representatives and a head of state who is not a monarch.
Senses
vrijstaat is used for these senses in English:
- free state A political entity whose political status is less than that of a fully sovereign nation-state, as with the former Congo Free State and the former Irish Free State.
republic — full definition
- noun A country governed by elected representatives and a head of state who is not a monarch.
- noun One of the constituent states within a larger federation, such as the former Soviet Union or Yugoslavia.