democrat
noun /ˈdeməkræt/
/ˈdeməkræt/
- a person who believes in or supports democracy
see also social democratTopics Politicsb2民主主义者 - Democrat(abbreviation D, Dem.)a member or supporter of the Democratic Party of the US
compare republicanTopics Politicsb2(美国)民主党党员,民主党人,民主党支持者 see also social democracy
词源late 18th cent. (originally denoting an opponent of the aristocrats in the French Revolution of 1790): from French démocrate, on the pattern of aristocrate ‘aristocrat’.