democrat
see also: Democrat
Pronunciation
Democrat
Noun
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see also: Democrat
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈdɛməkɹæt/
democrat (plural democrats)
- A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France).
- Someone who rules a representative democracy.
- 2011, Wesley Yang, "Death, Dictators, and Democracy", NYU Alumni Magazine, ISSN 1938-4823, issue 16, Spring 2011, page 10:
- Democrats have to please a large segment of the voting public and will be punished if they fail to provide public goods […] . In the case of autocrats, however, they have to please a small minority of the governing power elite […] who will punish them if they fail to dedicate the public purse to their private enrichment.
- 2011, Wesley Yang, "Death, Dictators, and Democracy", NYU Alumni Magazine, ISSN 1938-4823, issue 16, Spring 2011, page 10:
- (US, historical) A large light uncovered wagon with two or more seats.
- Democrat
- Demoncrat
- French: démocrate
- German: Demokrat, Demokratin
- Italian: democratico, democratica
- Portuguese: democrata
- Russian: демокра́т
- Spanish: demócrata
- French: démocrate
- German: Demokrat, Demokratin
Democrat
Noun
democrat (plural democrats)
- (politics) A member or supporter of a Democratic party.
- (US politics) A member or supporter of the Democratic Party in the United States.
- (politics) A proponent of democracy.
- (US politics) Demoncrat, Dhimmicrat (derogatory)
- French: démocrate
- German: Demokrat, Demokratin
- Russian: демокра́т
democrat (not comparable)
- (US politics, proscribed, pejorative, offensive) Of or belonging to the Democratic Party in the United States.
- French: démocrate
- Russian: демократи́ческий
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