democrat

C2+ Topic:Law & Government
US /ˈdɛməˌkræt/ UK /ˈdɛməkræt/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    an advocate or supporter of democratic government

    A lifelong democrat, she championed universal suffrage.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · an advocate or supporter of... republicanegalitarianpopulist
Opposites
autocratdictatordespottyrantmonarchist
Word family

Etymology

From French démocrate, a back-formation from démocratie ('democracy'), ultimately from Ancient Greek dēmokratia, from dēmos ('the people') plus kratos ('power, rule').

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