Democrats

Dem-o-crats · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (US politics) Members or supporters of the Democratic Party, one of the two major political parties in the United States.

  2. 2.

    (lowercase: democrats) People who support or believe in democracy.

Related words

Antonyms: Republicans, conservatives
See also: democracy, democratic, party, politics
Synonyms: liberals, progressives

Etymology

Plural of Democrat, from French democrate, from Greek demokrates meaning "one who supports rule by the people," from demos (people) + kratos (power). The American Democratic Party was founded in 1828.