democrat
English
/ˈdɛməkɹæt/
noun
Definitions
- A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France).
- Someone who rules a representative democracy.
- (US) A large light uncovered wagon with two or more seats.
Etymology
Derived from French démocrate.
Origin
French
démocrate
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- democratish English
- democratism English
- nondemocrat English
- demokraatti Finnish
- Demokrat German
- democraat Dutch, Flemish
- antidémocrate French
- démocrate French
- démocratisme French
- démocratiste French
- demokrat Norwegian Bokmål
- demokrat Norwegian Nynorsk
- démocrate Norman