Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An advocate of democracy.
- n. One who believes in social equality or discounts distinctions in rank.
- n. A member of the Democratic Party.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who believes in or adheres to democracy as a principle of government or of organized society; one who believes in political and natural equality; an opponent of arbitrary or hereditary distinctions of rank and privilege: opposed to aristocrat.
- n. [capitalized] A member of the Democratic party in the United States.
- n. A light wagon without a top, containing several seats, and usually drawn by two horses. Originally called democratic wagon.
Wiktionary
- n. A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France).
- n. Someone who rules a representative democracy.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who is an adherent or advocate of democracy, or government by the people.
- n. U.S. A member of the Democratic party.
- n. United States A large light uncovered wagon with two or more seats.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an advocate of democratic principles
- n. a member of the Democratic Party
Etymologies
- From French démocrate, from démocratie (modelled on aristocrate ("aristocrat")). (Wiktionary)
- French démocrate, back-formation from démocratie, democracy; see democracy. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Blue Colar democrat' is just a code word for 'been bribed by health corporations.”
America 'traumatized' by health-care debate, key Democrat says
“Anybody calling themselves a McCain democrat is either a liar or a schizophrenic.”
“In fact, just walk out and let them turn the country into the cesspool they want (the dems), Folks will be so fed up, they will demand that the term democrat party forever be stricken from the books.”
“July 15th, 2009 1: 55 pm ET oh, No Sarah Palin claims to support if necessary a democrat is a ploy and trick of the enemy .... we do not want her and she should stay exactly where she is the Republican Conservative Right Wing.”
“Dosen't anyone who has spinned from Hillary to Mc Cain know what a democrat is and stands for.”
“At any rate, comparing McCain to a democrat is a fallacious bit of work with a President like George Bush at the helm and a fiscal record of a massive deficit.”
“You truly have no care about the solution unless a democrat is the one providing it for political gain.”
Think Progress » Bush Ignores Science, Claims ‘There Is A Debate’ Over The Cause of Global Warming
“Let's tell the truth, a significant portion of the republican party loses it's mind when a democrat is in office.”
“I know that president and the democrat is in power at least for 8 years and nothing can not change that.”
“Now that a democrat is governor he wanted it changed back?”
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-crat
denoting a member or supporter of a form of government or rule
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Tweets
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reesetee Thank heavens the poor guy's not around today. ;-) Oct 18, 2007
john "I do not belong to any organized political party: I'm a democrat."
-Will Rogers Oct 18, 2007