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See also: Democrat
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French démocrate, from démocratie (modelled on aristocrate (“aristocrat”)), equivalent to demo- + -crat.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]democrat (plural democrats)
- A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally (historical) as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France).
- 2019 November 25, Kris Cheng, “Hong Kong District Council election: Democrats take control of 17 out of 18 councils in landslide victory”, in Hong Kong Free Press[1], archived from the original on 31 July 2020:
- 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.
- 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.
- 2011, Wesley Yang, "Death, Dictators, and Democracy", NYU Alumni Magazine, ISSN 1938-4823, issue 16, Spring 2011, page 10:
- (US, historical) A large light uncovered wagon with two or more seats.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]supporter of democracy
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ruler in a democracy
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Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French démocrate.
Noun
[edit]democrat m
- democrat (supporter of democracy)
Further reading
[edit]- democrat in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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