Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An advocate of democracy.
- noun One who believes in social equality or discounts distinctions in rank.
- noun A member of the Democratic Party.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 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.
- noun [capitalized] A member of the Democratic party in the United States.
- noun A light wagon without a top, containing several seats, and usually drawn by two horses. Originally called
democratic wagon .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who is an adherent or advocate of democracy, or government by the people.
- noun U.S. A member of the Democratic party.
- noun United States A large light uncovered wagon with two or more seats.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A supporter of
democracy ; an advocate of democratic politics (originally as opposed to thearistocrats in Revolutionary France). - noun Someone who
rules arepresentative democracy.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an advocate of democratic principles
- noun a member of the Democratic Party
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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'Blue Colar democrat' is just a code word for 'been bribed by health corporations.'
America 'traumatized' by health-care debate, key Democrat says 2009
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Anybody calling themselves a McCain democrat is either a liar or a schizophrenic.
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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.
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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.
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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.
McCain Too Liberal Like Saying Clinton Too Woman « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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Dosen't anyone who has spinned from Hillary to Mc Cain know what a democrat is and stands for.
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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.
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You truly have no care about the solution unless a democrat is the one providing it for political gain.
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Let's tell the truth, a significant portion of the republican party loses it's mind when a democrat is in office.
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I know that president and the democrat is in power at least for 8 years and nothing can not change that.
john commented on the word democrat
"I do not belong to any organized political party: I'm a democrat."
-Will Rogers
October 18, 2007
reesetee commented on the word democrat
Thank heavens the poor guy's not around today. ;-)
October 18, 2007