Meanings
plural republiquettes
- alternativeAlternative form of republiqueta.
... the republiquette of Ayopaya, which from 1821 on was commanded by General José Miguel Lanza.
1992, Américas, volumes 44-45, page 442 more examples
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.
1927, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, The Pope of the Sea: An Historical Medley, page 220Lumumba replied by going on the air to congratulate "our brothers of the North Congo," in "the republiquette of the Abbe Youlou."
1968, F. Seth Singleton, The African States and the Congo Affair, 1960-1965, page 80
Origin
- Frenchrépubliquette
- Englishrepubliquette
From French républiquette, from république (“republic”) + -ette (diminutive suffix).
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