popocratn.2
/ˈpɒpəkrat/, U.S. /ˈpɑpəˌkræt/ rare.
A leading figure in popular music or culture.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun] > in pop culture
popocrat1970
1970 Tailor & Cutter 4 Dec. 1180/2 Mick Jagger has moved far away from his former scruffy image—in fact, he is one of our more elegant popocrats.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
Popocratadj.n.1
/ˈpɒpəkrat/, U.S. /ˈpɑpəˌkræt/ U.S. (now historical).
A. adj.
Of or relating to the People's Party (see populist n. 1). Now rare.
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1892 Landmark (Statesville, N. Carolina) 17 Nov. What did I tell you about the popocrat ‘leaders’, so called, and the staunch and true farmers of North Carolina?
1896 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 24 Oct. From now on we will be told by the Popocrat managers that Eastern States will vote for Bryan.
1900 Marble Rock (Iowa) Jrnl. 13 Sept. 5/5 Senator Stewart of Nevada..is tired of Bryan and Bryanism and here is why he has left the Popocrat fold.
1927 Helena (Montana) Independent 9 Aug. 4/6 Consider the Popocrat and the Bull Moose candidates for the presidency. Neither Bryan nor Roosevelt got what they went after.
B. n.1
A member of the People's Party.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > member or adherent of People's party
populist1891
Popocrat1892
1892 Landmark (Statesville, N. Carolina) 24 Nov. Mariann Butler..will have to yield the palm as a popocrat to the Hon. Mary Ann Lease.
1896 Chicago Tribune 17 July 3/2 Democrats and Popocrats in Kansas City had succeeded in forgetting their quarrels.
1924 Amer. Mercury Dec. 387/2 Why did Joseph Medill call him a ‘popocrat’?
1972 Time 17 Apr. 32/1 Populists who joined the Democrats were known as ‘popocrats’.
1987 Jrnl. Interdisciplinary Hist. 18 104 Elected on Populist fusion tickets, they were termed ‘Popocrats’ and caucused with the Populists.
Derivatives
Popoˈcratic adj. of or relating to the Popocrats or Popocracy.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [adjective] > People's party
Popocratic1893
Poplocratic1895
1893 Colorado Springs Gaz. 15 Mar. 2/2 The bitter denunciation a[nd] vituperation of the Rocky Mountain News indicate..that..the Popocratic organ is afraid it [sc. the ticket] will be elected.
1904 Omaha (Nebraska) Bee 16 Aug. 4 If it is so important that the people of Nebraska move cautiously in the selection of their chief executive this year, why did not the popocratic conventions discover the fact before?
2000 Independent Rev. (Nexis) 22 Mar. 555 Although they looked upon Bryan as the exemplar of an illegitimate ‘Popocratic’ party, they recoiled from the protectionist McKinley.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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