Dimocrat

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Dimocrat (plural Dimocrats)

  1. (US politics, obsolete) Pronunciation spelling of Democrat.
    • 1858, “My Thirty Years out of the Senate”, in Emerson's Magazine and Putnam's Monthly[1], volume 6, page 153:
      I've no doubt, Mr. Chairman, but what Governor Marcy is a good sound sort of Dimocrat, and has done good service in the party []
    • 1898, Ernest Jarrold, “Mickey Finn's Financial School”, in Money[2], page 123:
      Bryan knows what he wants, and he is the greatest leader the Dimocrats ever had.
  2. (US politics, derogatory) Synonym of dumbocrat