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democrat¹

  • /ˈdɛməkɹæt/ Canada, US, UK
  • /ˈdɛməkɹat/ British, Northern England, Southern
  • /ˈdɪməkɹæt/ US, pin pen merger
  • /ˈdeməkɹæt/ Australia
  • /ˈdeməkɹɛt/ New Zealand
  • /ˈdɛməkɾat/ Scotland, Wales

Where it comes from

From French démocrate, from démocratie (modelled on aristocrate (“aristocrat”)), equivalent to demo- + -crat.

noun democrats

  1. A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally (historical) as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France). The democrats now have majority control in almost all areas except the Islands District Council, where they won seven seats, and the pro-Beijing camp obtained 11 seats.
  2. Someone who rules a representative democracy. 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 the
  3. US, historical A large light uncovered wagon with two or more seats.

Democrat²

Where it comes from

See democrat.

noun Democrats

  1. A member or supporter of a democratic party.
  2. US A member or supporter of the Democratic Party in the United States. At one point in the debate, the moderator asked a tough question that had the candidates stumped. Moderator: "This question is for both of the candidates. Those ever-important independent voters who haven’t decided who to vote for would like to know what the real differences between you two are." Go

    Similar: commiecrat, Democrap, Democreep, Democunt, Democ🐀, DemoKKKrat, Demoncrat, Demonrat, Demotard, Dhimmicrat, Dumbocrap, dumbocrat

  3. Alternative letter-case form of democrat (“supporter of democracy”).

adjective

  1. US, derogatory, not comparable, often, proscribed Of or belonging to the Democratic Party in the United States.

    Similar: Democratic

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: populist, democratic, democratization, democracy, democratically, christian, mdp, dems, diko, kdp, progressive, leftist, left-winger, lefty, dem, liberal

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noun ruler in a democracy

Françaisdémocrate
DeutschDemokrat, Demokratin

noun supporter of democracy

Españoldemócrata
한국어민주주의자 minjujuuija
日本語民主主義者 minshushugisha
中文民主主義者 /民主主义者 mínzhǔzhǔyìzhě
हिन्दीप्रजातंत्रवादी prajātantravādī, लोकतन्त्रवादी loktantravādī
Kiswahilimwanademokrasia
Portuguêsdemocrata
Françaisdémocrate
DeutschDemokrat, Demokratin
Italianodemocratico, democratica
Ελληνικάδημοκράτης dimokrátis
Românădemocrat, democrată
Русскийдемокра́т demokrát, демокра́тка demokrátka
Tiếng Việtnhà dân chủ
العربيةدِيمُقْرَاطِيّ dīmuqrāṭiyy, دِيمُقْرَاطِيَّة dīmuqrāṭiyya
עבריתדֶּמוֹקְרָט demokrát, דמוקרטית demokratit

noun supporter of the Democratic Party of the US

한국어민주당원 minjudang'won
日本語民主党員 minshutōin
中文民主黨人 /民主党人 mínzhǔdǎngrén
KiswahiliMdemokrasia
Françaisdémocrate
DeutschDemokrat, Demokratin
Русскийдемокра́т demokrát, демокра́тка demokrátka
עבריתדמוקרט demoqrat

adj pertaining to the Democratic Party in the U.S.

日本語民主党員 minshutōin
中文民主黨人 /民主党人 mínzhǔdǎngrén
Françaisdémocrate
Русскийдемократи́ческий demokratíčeskij

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@misc{democrat_2026,
  title = {democrat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/democrat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}