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Dixiecrat

/ˈdɪksɪˌkɹæt/

Dixiecrat noun: a member of the Democratic Party of the United States of America from the southern States, especially one of the former territories of the Confederate States of America, who hold socially conservative viewpoints, and supports racial segregation and white power.

Noun

Dixiecrat (plural Dixiecrats)

  1. (US, dated) A member of the Democratic Party of the United States of America from the southern States, especially one of the former territories of the Confederate States of America, who hold socially conservative viewpoints, and supports racial segregation and white power.
    • A Dixiecrat is nothing but a Democrat in disguise.1964 April 3, Malcolm X, The Ballot or the Bullet
  2. (US, historical) A member of the short-lived States' Rights Democratic Party of the United States of America.
    • Throughout the controversy, most prominent southern leaders stayed within the Democratic Party. After the election, the Dixiecrat movement evaporated. The South's vocal dissent in 1948, however, forecast the sectional unrest of the following decades, weakened the region's loyalty to the Democratic...2014, James W. Ely Jr., Bradley G. Bond, The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, UNC Press Books, →ISBN, page 190

Forms of Dixiecrat

pluralDixiecrats

Origin of Dixiecrat

Blend of Dixie + Democrat.

Questions about Dixiecrat

What does Dixiecrat mean?
Dixiecrat means a member of the Democratic Party of the United States of America from the southern States, especially one of the former territories of the Confederate States of America, who hold socially conservative viewpoints, and supports racial segregation and white power.
What part of speech is Dixiecrat?
Dixiecrat is a noun.
How do you pronounce Dixiecrat?
Dixiecrat is pronounced /ˈdɪksɪˌkɹæt/.
What is the plural of Dixiecrat?
The plural of Dixiecrat is Dixiecrats.

Words near Dixiecrat in the dictionary

  1. dixie cups
  2. Dixie Dingo
  3. Dixie Dingos
  4. Dixie flag
  5. Dixie flags
  6. Dixiecrat
  7. Dixiecratic
  8. Dixiecrats
  9. Dixieland
  10. Dixielander
  11. Dixielanders

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