democrat
UK/ˈdɛməkɹæt/
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British/ˈdɛməkɹat/
democrat noun: a supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally (historical) as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France).
Noun (1)
democrat (plural democrats)
- A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally (historical) as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France).
- The democrats now have majority control in almost all areas except the Islands District Council, where they won seven seats, and the pro-Beijing camp obtained 11 seats.2019 November 25, Kris Cheng, “Hong Kong District Council election: Democrats take control of 17 out of 18 councils in landslide victory”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 31...
- Someone who rules a representative democracy.
- 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...2011, Wesley Yang, "Death, Dictators, and Democracy", NYU Alumni Magazine, ISSN 1938-4823, issue 16, Spring 2011, page 10
- A large light uncovered wagon with two or more seats.
Noun (2) capitalized: Democrat
Democrat (plural Democrats)
- A member or supporter of a democratic party.
- A member or supporter of the Democratic Party in the United States.
- At one point in the debate, the moderator asked a tough question that had the candidates stumped.
Moderator: "This question is for both of the candidates. Those ever-important independent voters who haven’t decided who to vote for would like to know what the real differences between you two...2000 October 3, Tim Paluch, “Gore vs. Bush: That's Debatable”, in Iowa State Daily, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2024 - “Over the years, Democrats and Republicans have had policy differences, but this is way more than a policy difference. This is them dismantling government without the consent of the people,” Bonamici said. “This is not normal. Nothing feels normal right now.” […] A video filmed and shared on the...2025 February 7, Alex Baumhardt, “Oregon Rep. Bonamici among electeds inexplicably locked out of U.S. Education Department”, in Oregon Capital Chronicle, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2025
- Synonyms:
- commiecrat, Democrap, Democreep, Democunt, Democ🐀, DemoKKKrat, Demoncrat, Demonrat, Demotard, Dhimmicrat
- At one point in the debate, the moderator asked a tough question that had the candidates stumped.
- Alternative letter-case form of democrat (“supporter of democracy”).
Adjective capitalized: Democrat
Democrat (not comparable)
- Of or belonging to the Democratic Party in the United States.
- Synonyms:
- Democratic
democrat meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Telugu and Pashto
democrat in Hindi
- supporter of democracy
- प्रजातंत्रवादी prajātantravādī, लोकतन्त्रवादी loktantravādī
democrat in Bengali
- supporter of democracy
- গণতন্ত্রবাদী gonotontrobadi
democrat in Telugu
- ప్రజాస్వామ్యవాది
democrat in Pashto
- supporter of democracy
- دېموکرات demokrāt
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- democrat in Arabic
- دِيمُقْرَاطِيّ dīmuqrāṭiyy, دِيمُقْرَاطِيَّة dīmuqrāṭiyya
- democrat in Indonesian
- demokrat
- democrat in Persian
- دموکرات demokrât
- democrat in Thai
- นักประชาธิปไตย nák-bprà-chaa-tí-bpà-dtai
- democrat in Vietnamese
- nhà dân chủ
Examples of democrat in a sentence
- Democrats are quick to say that President Donald Trump’s tariffs are horrible, awful, terrible.
- Scholars have accurately credited both republicans and democrats for the political alienation and devaluing of Black womanhood.
- Democrats are all rallied around and ready to go ahead and go to the mattresses.
Synonyms of democrat
Forms of democrat
| plural | democrats |
|---|---|
| plural | Democrats |
Origin of democrat
From French démocrate, from démocratie (modelled on aristocrate (“aristocrat”)), equivalent to demo- + -crat.
See democrat.
Words formed from democrat
- antidemocrat
- Christian democrat
- cyberdemocrat
- democratish
- democratism
- democrat wagon
- e-democrat
- homocrat
- nondemocrat
- small d democrat
- small-d democrat
- small democrat
- social democrat
- technodemocrat
- victicrat
- Berniecrat
- commiecrat
- Democrap
- Democreep
- Democunt
- Democ🐀
- DemoKKKrat
- Demoncrat
- Demonrat
- Demotard
- Dhimmicrat
- Dixiecrat
- dumbocrat
- Nazicrat
- Reagan Democrat
- Tory Democrat
Phrases with democrat
- New Democrat
- War Democrat
- Gold Democrat
- ATARI Democrat
- Peace Democrat
- democrat wagons
- Liberal Democrat
- lunchbox Democrat
- small "d" democrat
- lunch pail Democrat
- Yellow Dog Democrat
- lunchbucket Democrat
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Questions about democrat
- What does democrat mean?
- Democrat means a supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally (historical) as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France).
- What is democrat in Hindi?
- Democrat in Hindi is प्रजातंत्रवादी (prajātantravādī), लोकतन्त्रवादी (loktantravādī). See Democrat meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is democrat?
- Democrat can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce democrat?
- Democrat is pronounced /ˈdɛməkɹæt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of democrat?
- The plural of democrat is democrats.
Words near democrat in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: democrat (page history and authors); Democrat (page history and authors); democrat (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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