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Dixiecrat

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Dix⋅ie⋅crat

  [dik-see-krat]
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–noun
a member of a faction of southern Democrats stressing states' rights and opposed to the civil-rights programs of the Democratic party, esp. a southern Democrat who bolted the party in 1948 and voted for the candidates of the States' Rights Democratic party.
Origin:
1945–50, Americanism; Dixie + (Demo)crat

Related forms:
Dix⋅ie⋅crat⋅ic, adjective
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Dix·ie·crat   (dĭk'sē-krāt')   
n.  A member of a dissenting group of Democrats in the South who formed the States' Rights Party in 1948.

[Dixie1 + (Demo)crat.]
Dix'ie·crat'ic adj.
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