Democrat
['deməkræt] or ['dɛməkræt]
Definition
(noun.) an advocate of democratic principles.
(noun.) a member of the Democratic Party.
Checked by Francis--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who is an adherent or advocate of democracy, or government by the people.
(n.) A member of the Democratic party.
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Examples
- So he reasons, because, as I said, he is born an aristocrat;--so I don't believe, because I was born a democrat. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I assume, I said, that the tyrant is in the third place from the oligarch; the democrat was in the middle? Plato. The Republic.
- Mr. White was always a Democrat in politics, and Chilton followed his father. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- After this manner the democrat was generated out of the oligarch? Plato. The Republic.
- Hamer was a life-long Democrat, while my father was a Whig. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The one thing that no democrat may assume is that the people are dear good souls, fully competent for their task. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- With a Democrat elected by the unanimous vote of the Slave States, there could be no pretext for secession for four years. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Your little child is your only true democrat. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Let us now inspect the individual democrat; and first, as in the case of the State, we will trace his antecedents. Plato. The Republic.
- You are a little democrat, Caroline. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Grandfather, who never knowingly sat at table with a Democrat in his life. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- So we who are democrats need not believe that the people are necessarily right in their choice: some of us are always in the minority, and not a little proud of the distinction. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He set out to make the campaign a battle between the Progressives and the Democrats--the old discredited Republicans fell back into a rather dead conservative minority. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Our modern idea, that any one in the state is a citizen, would have shocked the privileged democrats of Athens profoundly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But the democrats adhere to the multitude of choices because logic requires them to. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Is it possible that Republicans, Democrats and Socialists clip the wings more than free spirits can allow? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Absolute democrats can also line up their witnesses: the conservatism of the Swiss, Wisconsin's successful experiments, the patience and judgment of the Danes. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But no one need go abroad for actual experience: in the United States Senate during the Taft administration there were really three parties--Republicans, Insurgents and Democrats. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- They were Catholics, Democrats and old-fashioned trade-unionists. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Mystical democrats are rare. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Just as the democrats made a sort of fetich of the words, 'the people,' so you make one of the word 'proletariat. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- A new political party was growing up in the state, the Social Democrats, professing the doctrines of Marx. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Parliament was divided by three factions, aristocrats, democrats, and royalists. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Mystical democrats believe that an election expresses the will of the people, and that that will is wise. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Edited by Lester