Dixiecratn.
/ˈdɪksɪkrat/ U.S. colloquial.
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 attributive.
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1948 Birmingham (Alabama) News 22 May 5 Truman finds some Dixiecrats supporting him on A-veto stand.
1948 N.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.
1948 Economist 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.
1948 Economist 18 Sept. 464/1 The Dixiecrat candidate.
Derivatives
ˌDixieˈcratic adj.
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1948 Tuscaloosa (Alabama) News 14 July 4/1 States Rights' walkout delegates..will..select a ‘Dixiecratic’ nominee for President.
ˈDixiecratism n.
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1949 Tuscaloosa (Alabama) News 17 Dec. 4/3 Byrnes' conversion to Dixiecratism.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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