demokrāts

Perhaps via some other European language, ultiatemly from French démocrate, formed by opposition to aristocrate, with Ancient Greek elements, δῆμος (dêmos, “common people”) + κράτος (krátos, “rule, strength”).

demokrāts m (1st declension, feminine form: demokrāte)

1. (male) democrat (a supporter or advocate of democracy)

   Didro, 18. gadsimta franču filozofs, humānists un demokrāts ― Diderot, an 18th-century French philosopher, humanist, and democrat

2. (male) democrat (a member of a democratic party, e.g., in the United States)

   senātā demokrātiem tagad ir 67 un republikāņiem 33 vietas ― in the Senate, the democrats now have 67 seats and the Republicans 33

• demokrātija
• demokrātisks
• demokratizācija
• demokratizēt