Dixiecrat

American  

[dik-see-krat] / ˈdɪk siˌkræt /

noun

1. a member of a faction of southern Democrats stressing states' rights and opposed to the civil rights programs of the Democratic Party, especially a southern Democrat who bolted the party in 1948 and voted for the candidates of the States' Rights Democratic Party.

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Other Word Forms

• Dixiecratic adjective

Etymology

Origin of Dixiecrat

An Americanism dating back to 1945–50; Dixie + (Demo)crat ( def. )

Example Sentences

With then–Gov. Thurmond as their leader, the group broke off and created the Dixiecrat Party for the upcoming election.

From Slate

Kruse dismantles the belief that Richard Nixon’s 1968 campaign invented the Southern Strategy by tracing it back to the Dixiecrat split with the Democrats in 1948.

From Washington Post

Ross Barnett, a Dixiecrat, forced poor and starving Mississippians to pay for federal food stamps, which they couldn’t afford.

From Washington Post

We can also look back at Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a former Dixiecrat candidate for president and arch-segregationist who was notoriously belligerent in his rhetoric and personal style.

From Salon

The reason some states recently went Democratic, but are now GOP strongholds, lies more with the fact that they were Dixiecrat.

From Washington Post