A Democrat is a member or supporter of a particular political party which has the word 'democrat' or 'democratic' in its title, for example the Democratic Party in the United States.
...a senior Christian Democrat.
The Congressman is a Democrat from New York.
2. countable noun
A democrat is a person who believes in the ideals of democracy, personal freedom, and equality.
This is the time for democrats and not dictators.
democrat in British English
(ˈdɛməˌkræt) or democratist (dɪˈmɒkrətɪst)
noun
1.
an advocate of democracy; adherent of democratic principles
2.
a member or supporter of a democratic party or movement
Democrat in British English
(ˈdɛməˌkræt)
noun
(in the US) a member or supporter of the Democratic Party
Derived forms
Democratic (ˌDemoˈcratic)
adjective
democrat in American English
(ˈdɛməˌkræt)
noun
1.
a person who believes in and upholds government by the people; advocate of rule by the majority
2.
a person who believes in and practices the principle of equality of rights, opportunity, and treatment
3. [D-]
a member of the Democratic Party
Word origin
Fr démocrate < démocratie: see democracy
Examples of 'democrat' in a sentence
democrat
I would become a social democrat.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We just have to keep working on fellow Democrats.
Christianity Today (2000)
He has a tough fight to persuade fellow Democrats that new troops are needed.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He has unashamedly declared: 'I am a social democrat.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Over the past four years the president has upset almost as many Democrats as he has Republicans.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In common with many Liberal Democrats he wants to go further.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This is the plan that senior Republicans and Democrats have been working on over the weekend.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
We're not going to attack our fellow Democrats.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In the battle with her fellow Democrats, she also resorts to fear of the unknown.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Mill goes on, in the next sentence, to define the essential difference between a liberal and a social democrat.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He inherited an uneasy alliance of liberals and social democrats and he knew that, intellectually, the former had to prevail.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I hope many Liberal Democrats will want to join us.
The Sun (2006)
In other languages
democrat
British English: democrat NOUN
A Democrat is a member or supporter of a particular political party which has the word 'democrat' or 'democratic' in its title.
...a senior Christian Democrat.
American English: democrat
Brazilian Portuguese: democrata
Chinese: 民主党人
European Spanish: demócrata
French: démocrate
German: Demokrat
Italian: democratico
Japanese: 民主党員
Korean: 민주당원
European Portuguese: democrata
Latin American Spanish: demócrata
Chinese translation of 'democrat'
democrat
(ˈdɛməkræt)
n(c)
(= believer in democracy) 民主主义(義)者 (mínzhǔ zhǔyì zhě) (名, míng)
Democrat民主党(黨)人 (mínzhǔdǎngrén) (名, míng)
Democrat
民主党(黨)人 (mínzhǔdǎngrén) (名, míng)
See democrat (sense 2)
All related terms of 'democrat'
social democrat
any socialist who believes in the gradual transformation of capitalism into democratic socialism
Christian Democrat
a member or supporter of a Christian Democratic party
Liberal Democrat
In Britain , a Liberal Democrat is a member of the Liberal Democrat Party .
Blue Dog Democrat
a fiscally conservative member of the Democratic Party
Liberal Democrat Party
The Liberal Democrat Party is the third largest political party in Britain and the main centre party. It believes in improving the constitution and the voting system and in providing good welfare services.
the Liberal Democrat Party
a political party in Britain which was formed from a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party
(noun)
Definition
a member or supporter of the Democratic Party, the more liberal of the two main political parties in the US
The director of the company has links to the Democrats.