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democrat

[dem-uh-krat] / ˈdɛm əˌkræt /


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Critics call him extreme, though he recently told AFP he was a democrat who would "respect the constitution."

From Barron's Mar. 9, 2026

He could be pretty high-and-mighty, and certainly not exactly a small-d democrat.

From Slate Feb. 16, 2026

Gibbon, no democrat, spent much of his time reading voraciously and carried some English biases and feuds into his writing, but he illuminated Augustus’ strategies in ways that America’s framers found sobering, cautionary and salutary.

From Salon Feb. 17, 2025

Chancellor Scholz – a social democrat whose coalition government collapsed last year – castigated Merz for his actions.

From BBC Jan. 29, 2025

Equally with the most ardent democrat, they desired the augmentation of the national resources, the increase of public felicity.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various

Nature Friends is a branch of Naturfreunde, founded in 1895 by social democrats to enrich the lives of factory workers in Vienna.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 22, 2025

In 2018 Jacobson told Politico that there was "a new realignment brewing between centrist democrats and centrist republicans. In less than 10 years this new coalition will be the dominant political force in the country."

From Salon Jul. 20, 2023

Since its launch in 2005, the station has hosted various prominent democrats in its shows, including former lawmakers Szeto Wah, Emily Lau, Albert Ho and Lee Cheuk-yan.

From Seattle Times Jun. 30, 2023

He told the BBC he is a democrat - and "democrats always go to the people".

From BBC Dec. 22, 2022

The Magna Carta, the Petition of Rights and the Bill of Rights, are documents which are held in veneration by democrats throughout the world.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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