English Online Dictionary. What means democrat? What does democrat mean?
English
Etymology
From French démocrate, from démocratie (modelled on aristocrate (“aristocrat”)), equivalent to demo- + -crat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛməkɹæt/
Noun
democrat (plural democrats)
- A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally (historical) as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France).
- Someone who rules a representative democracy.
- 2011, Wesley Yang, "Death, Dictators, and Democracy", NYU Alumni Magazine, ISSN 1938-4823, issue 16, Spring 2011, page 10:
- 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 their private enrichment.
- 2011, Wesley Yang, "Death, Dictators, and Democracy", NYU Alumni Magazine, ISSN 1938-4823, issue 16, Spring 2011, page 10:
- (US, historical) A large light uncovered wagon with two or more seats.
Derived terms
Related terms
- Democrat
- Demoncrat
Translations
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French démocrate.
Noun
democrat m
- democrat (supporter of democracy)
Further reading
- democrat in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)