See Also: democrat(dictionary)
democrat(dictionary)
ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT - GAZETTE(finance)
Social Democrat and Labour Party, the(dictionary)

democrat (iou)



democrat noun & adjective. L18.
[French democrate, formed as DEMOCRACY after aristocrate ARISTOCRAT.]
A. noun.
An adherent or advocate of democracy; orig. (now Hist.), an opponent of the aristocrats in the French Revolution of 1790. L18.
H. Arendt A true democrat, he wanted to liberate an oppressed people and not bestow privileges upon individuals.
(Democrat.) A member of the Democratic Party of the US, or more widely, of any political party styled 'Democratic'. L18.
Christian Democrat, Social Democrat, etc.
More fully democrat wagon. A light wagon seating two or more people and usu. drawn by two horses. N. Amer. (now Hist.). L19.
B. Brooker There were buggies and democrats drawn up at the stores.
b. adjective. Democratic. rare. L18.