dem·o·crat

(dĕm′ə-krăt′)

a. An advocate of democracy.

b. One who believes in social equality or discounts distinctions in rank.

2. Democrat A member of the Democratic Party.

[French démocrate, back-formation from démocratie, democracy; see democracy.]

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democrat

(ˈdɛməˌkræt) or

democratist

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an advocate of democracy; adherent of democratic principles

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a member or supporter of a democratic party or movement

Democrat

(ˈdɛməˌkræt)

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in the US) a member or supporter of the Democratic Party

ˌDemoˈcratic adj

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dem•o•crat

(ˈdɛm əˌkræt)

n.

1. an advocate of democracy.

2. a person who believes in political or social equality.

3. (cap.) a member of the Democratic Party.

[1780–90; < French]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	Democrat - a member of the Democratic Party Democratic Party - the older of two major political parties in the United States pol, political leader, politico, politician - a person active in party politics
	2.	democrat - an advocate of democratic principles populist advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent - a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

Democrat

adjective

1. left-wing, Labour Al Gore, the Democrat candidate

noun

1. left-winger The director of the company has links to the Democrats.

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Translations

نَصير الديموقْراطِيَّه الشَّعب

demokrat

Demokrat Demokratin

demócrata

démocrate

דמוקרטדמוקרטית

demokrata

lÿîræîissinni; demókrati, jafnaîarmaîur

democratico democratica

民主主義者民主党支持者

demokrat

democrat

[ˈdeməkræt] N → demócrata mf
Christian Democrat → democratacristiano/a m/f, democristiano/a m/f
Social Democrat → socialdemócrata mf

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

Democrat

[ˈdɛməkræt] n (US) → démocrate mf

democrat

[ˈdɛməkræt] n (= believer in democracy) → démocrate mf

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democrat

n → Demokrat(in) m(f)

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democrat

[ˈdɛməˌkræt] n → democratico/a

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democracy

(diˈmokrəsi) – plural deˈmocracies – noun

(a country having) a form of government in which the people freely elect representatives to govern them. Which is the world's largest democracy?; He believes in democracy.

democrat (ˈdeməkrӕt) noun

one who believes in democracy as a principle. She likes to pretend she's a democrat.

democratic (deməˈkrӕtik) adjective

(negative undemocratic).

1. belonging to, governed by or typical of democracy. a democratic country.

2. believing in equal rights and privileges for all. The boss is very democratic.

democratically (deməˈkrӕtikəli) adverb

(negative undemocratically) following democratic principles. The issue was decided democratically by taking a general vote.

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At the close of the game the six Republican members were bankrupt and the single Democrat had all the money.

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Tom Willard had a passion for village politics and for years had been the leading Democrat in a strongly Republican community.

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Who's over him, he cries; --aye, he would be a democrat to all above; look, how he lords it over all below!

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You are an aristocrat of the aristocrats, I a democrat of the democrats.

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1837; (Italy) 1838; The American Democrat, 1838; Homeward Bound, 1838; The Chronicles of Cooperstown, 1838; Home as Found (Eve Effingham),

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"Buck" Halloran was a "Democrat," and so Jurgis became a Democrat also; but he was not a bitter one--the Republicans were good fellows, too, and were to have a pile of money in this next campaign.

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Then we loafed along past the Nickersons, and of course they asked if that was the new stranger yonder, and where'd he come from, and what was his name, and which communion was he, Babtis' or Methodis', and which politics, Whig or Democrat, and how long is he staying, and all them other questions that humans always asks when a stranger comes, and animals does, too.

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After this manner the democrat was generated out of the oligarch?

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The philosopher, the poet, or the religious man will of course wish to cast his vote with the democrat, for free-trade, for wide suffrage, for the abolition of legal cruelties in the penal code, and for facilitating in every manner the access of the young and the poor to the sources of wealth and power.

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Nowadays we see a great strapping democrat keeping a count about him to play the fool.

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Like Chaerephon (Apol.) the real Anytus was a democrat, and had joined Thrasybulus in the conflict with the thirty.

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It was well for their venerable brotherhood that the new Surveyor was not a politician, and though a faithful Democrat in principle, neither received nor held his office with any reference to political services.

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