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Synonyms for democrat

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dem-uh-krat
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛm əˌkræt

Top 10 synonyms for democrat
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Définition of democrat

Origin :
  • 1790, "adherent of democracy," with reference to France, from French démocrate (18c., opposed to aristocrate), back-formation from démocratie (see democracy); revived in U.S. as a political party affiliation 1798, with a capital D. As a shortening of this, Demo (1793) is older than Dem (c.1840).
  • As in politician : noun person pursuing or occupying elective office
Example sentences :
  • In that matter I would not trust myself; why, then, should I trust the composite Democrat?
  • Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
  • He had been trained a Democrat, and was a powerful worker in that party.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • After this manner the democrat was generated out of the oligarch?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • I assume, I said, that the tyrant is in the third place from the oligarch; the democrat was in the middle?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • If he were a Democrat he'd be president of the United States yet.
  • Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton
  • Although a democrat myself, I like not the late democratic societies.
  • Extract from : « Patrick Henry » by Moses Coit Tyler
  • Who to-day can tell the difference between a Democrat and a Republican?
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • The Democrat seized the pail and insisted on doing the work for her.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln » by Wayne Whipple
  • This work is a pioneer in the progress of science.Louisville Democrat.
  • Extract from : « Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 » by Various
  • He was the most active and influential Democrat in that city.
  • Extract from : « The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 » by Various
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