democrat

Wikipedia

See also Democrat

English

Etymology

From French démocrate, from démocratie (modelled on aristocrate (“aristocrat”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɛməkræt/

Noun

democrat (plural democrats)

1. A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France).
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.

Translations

supporter of democracy

Catalan: demòcrata (ca) m. and f. Czech: demokrat (cs) m. Dutch: democraat (nl) m. Esperanto: demokrato (eo)

Hebrew: דמוקרט (he) (demoqrat') m., דמוקרטית (he) (demoqrat'it) f. Italian: democratico (it) m., democratica (it) f. Japanese: 民主党支持者 (ja) (minshutōshijisha) (for the party supporter), 民主主義者 (ja) (minshushugisha) (for the idea supporter)

ruler in a democracy