social democrat

noun

1

usually capitalized S&D : a member of a Social Democratic party

2

: one who believes in and advocates a gradual and peaceful transition from capitalism to socialism by democratic means

Word History

Etymology

translation of German sozialdemokrat

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Rhymes for social democrat

• commissariat
• microhabitat
• acrobat
• autocrat
• automat
• bundesrat
• bureaucrat
• butterfat
• caveat
• chemostat
• copycat
• cryostat