[ˈdɛməkrat], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an advocate or supporter of democracy
(e.g: as a democrat, I accepted the outcome of the referendum)

- (in the US) a member of the Democratic Party


Phrases:

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’