republiquette

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.