2 definitions found for res publica

res publica n 1: a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land" [syn: state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic]

res publica noun Etymology: Latin — more at republic Date: circa 1898 1. commonwealth, state, republic 2. commonweal