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democrat

democrat

67 2.8
A person who supports government by the people and voting
  • noun
  • /ˈdɛməˌkræt/
translation icon : demócrata
  • Right now in Arizona, Republican Carrie Lake is in a neck and neck race against Democrat Katie Hobbs.
  • Democrats and Republicans
  • become a democrat
  • call themselves democrats

So we're very close to what Social Democrats want already in much of the United States.

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Examples

  • In other words, the Democrats needed a new Robert Kennedy.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Second, the elections put the Democrats on the defensive on their own signature initiative.

    Academic text (2011)
  • You know the last time a democrat lost a special election in this district?

  • If you want to see the results of Democrat policy, look at California and Illinois.

    Blog text (5)
  • Now I'm a Democrat, I respect what British people voted for.

  • But how did Jackson win over the ordinary Democrat?

  • In the state assembly race, the democrats are still holding a slight edge.

  • Just to vote for someone just because they're a Democrat is ignorant.

  • I'm a social democrat.

  • As a passionate democrat, she advocates for equal rights and fair representation in government.

Antonyms

8 8.3

A ruler who has all power and treats people cruelly

Compounds

A UK political party in the centre that supports liberal social policies and reforms to help working people

How Democratic

democrat
67 2.8
activist
6 3.7

Surface Forms

democrat singular
democrats plural

Morphology

democrat = democracy (transparent) = demo + crat

A learner who knows 'democracy' can readily infer 'democrat' as a person associated with that system; the derivational element '-crat' signals a person/agent.

Etymology

The word democrat comes from two Greek roots, demos 'the people' and kratos 'rule', which you also see in democracy. So a democrat is someone who supports 'power to the people'.