Democrat
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈdɛməkɹæt/
Origin
From French démocrate, from démocratie (modelled on aristocrate ("aristocrat")).
Full definition of democrat
Noun
democrat
(plural democrats)- A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally 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.