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Webster 1913 Edition

(dĕm′ō̍-krăt)

Noun.

[Cf. F.

démocrate

One who is an adherent or advocate of democracy, or government by the people.

Whatever they call him, what care I,
Aristocrat,

democrat

, autocrat.

Tennyson.

[capitalized]

A member of the Democratic party.

[U.S.]

Noun.

One who adheres to a government by the people, or favors the extension of the right of suffrage to all classes of men.