Dictionary entry

Democratic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dem′o‐crat″ic (?), a. [Gr. �: cf. F. démocratique.] 1. Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people.

2. Relating to a political party so called.

3. Befitting the common people; — opposed to aristocratic.

The Democratic party, the name of one of the chief political parties in the United States.