democratist

English

Etymology

From democrat(ic) +‎ -ist.

Noun

democratist (plural democratists)

  1. A supporter of democracy, a democrat; specifically, an advocate of republican forms of government (originally as a supporter of the French Revolution). [from 18th c.]
    • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, page 56:
      You will smile here at the consistency of those democratists, who, when they are not on their guard, treat the humbler part of the community with the greatest contempt, whilst, at the same time, they pretend to make them the depositories of all power.

Adjective

democratist (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or supporting, democratism.

Translations

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for democratist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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