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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

democrat (plural democrats)

  1. 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, 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.
  2. 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.
  3. (US, historical) A large light uncovered wagon with two or more seats.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Welsh: democrat

Translations

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French démocrate.

Noun

democrat m

  1. democrat (supporter of democracy)

Further reading

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English democrat.

Noun

democrat m or f by sense (plural democratiaid)

  1. democrat

Derived terms

Mutation

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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
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Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “democrat”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “democrat”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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