Democratic-Republican

American  

[dem-uh-krat-ik-ri-puhb-li-kuhn] / ˌdɛm əˈkræt ɪk rɪˈpʌb lɪ kən /

adjective

U.S. History.

1. of or relating to the Democratic-Republican Party.

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Example Sentences

The Democratic-Republican Party of Thomas Jefferson supported the name change.

From Slate

Twenty-four years later, the term “gerrymander” was coined when the Democratic-Republican Party drew a salamander-shaped state Senate district to benefit Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry.

From Salon

Then there was John Adams, a Federalist who was the nation’s second president, and Thomas Jefferson, its third and a Democratic-Republican.

From Seattle Times

“Middling” people such as artisans, shopkeepers, mechanics and small merchants formed an important part of Thomas Jefferson’s Democratic-Republican Party.

From Seattle Times

Then 2024 might bring the most dramatically nonbinary election since the Democratic-Republican framing of presidential politics began in 1856.

From Washington Post