DEMOCRATIC PARTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Democratic Party mean? 

• DEMOCRATIC PARTY (noun)
  The noun DEMOCRATIC PARTY has 1 sense:

1. the older of two major political parties in the United States

  Familiarity information: DEMOCRATIC PARTY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEMOCRATIC PARTY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The older of two major political parties in the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Democratic Party" is a kind of...):

party; political party (an organization to gain political power)

Meronyms (parts of "Democratic Party"):

Tammany; Tammany Hall; Tammany Society (a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism)

Meronyms (members of "Democratic Party"):

Democrat (a member of the Democratic Party)

 Context examples 

While this affair was hanging fire, he proved that he understood the principles of the Democratic Party by winning the first prize for his essay in a similar contest.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)