democrat
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- noun
- /ˈdɛməˌkræt/
- 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
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Watch on YouTubeSo we're very close to what Social Democrats want already in much of the United States.
- So we're very close to what Social Democrats want already in much of the United States.
- Tipper Gore was Al Gore, vice President Al Gore, Democrat.
- Peace, you know that Democrats have always been anti war, that refusal to use fear as a governing tool.
- There is not a single Republican member of Congress whose voting record is more liberal than the most conservative Democrat.
- Vicki posted why does Democrat have the word demon in it?
- I think that this is the path that Democrats have to walk and chew gum.
- Pandemic was made-up like Democrat versus Republican.
Examples
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In other words, the Democrats needed a new Robert Kennedy.
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Second, the elections put the Democrats on the defensive on their own signature initiative.
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You know the last time a democrat lost a special election in this district?
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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.
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But how did Jackson win over the ordinary Democrat?
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In the state assembly race, the democrats are still holding a slight edge.
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Just to vote for someone just because they're a Democrat is ignorant.
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I'm a social democrat.
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As a passionate democrat, she advocates for equal rights and fair representation in government.
Antonyms
Compounds
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A UK political party in the centre that supports liberal social policies and reforms to help working people
How Democratic
Surface Forms
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'.