democrat
/ˈdɛməkrat
/noun
1An advocate or supporter of democracy: as a democrat, I accepted the outcome of the referendum...
- Like the democrats, the advocates of constitutional government also spoke a European language.
- I think the President is a democrat and in democracy we have preferences.
- I've always called myself a progressive and a democrat, but today I know that to be a democrat you have to be one in practice.
2 (Democrat) (In the US) a member of the Democratic Party.Republicans are no less democratic than Democrats, and Democrats just as republican....
- He had his share of policy reversals, mainly at the hands of Democrats in Congress.
- Leading Republican and Democrat members of Congress are questioning his tactics.
Origin
Late 18th century (originally denoting an opponent of the aristocrats in the French Revolution of 1790): from French démocrate, on the pattern of aristocrate 'aristocrat'.