| 释义 |
Dixiecrat U.S. colloq.|ˈdɪksɪkræt|
[f. Dixie2 + democrat 2.]
A member of a group of southern United States Democrats who seceded from the Democratic Party in 1948 because they opposed its policy of extending civil rights; a States' Rights Democrat. Also attrib. Hence ˌDixieˈcratic a.; ˈDixiecratism.
1948Birmingham (Ala.) News 22 May 5 Truman finds some Dixiecrats supporting him on A-veto stand. 1948Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News 14 July 4/1 States Rights' walkout delegates..will..select a ‘Dixiecratic’ nominee for President. 1948N.Y. Times 5 Sept. 5/2 The States Rights Democrats have Bill Weisner, telegraph editor of the Charlotte News, to thank for putting Dixiecrat into the American vocabulary. Mr. Weisner was writing a headline on a story about the States Rights Democrats which would not fit. Dixiecrats would. 1948Economist 18 Sept. 464/1 Democrats will be able to express their sense of outrage by voting for the Dixiecrats—the..name given to the rebellious States Rights' Democrats. Ibid., The Dixiecrat candidate. 1949Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News 17 Dec. 4/3 Byrnes' conversion to Dixiecratism. |