social democrat
a person who advocates a gradual transition to socialism or a modified form of socialism by and under democratic political processes.
Social Democrat. (especially in Europe) a member of any of certain Social Democratic parties.
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How to use social democrat in a sentence
On Wednesday, the social-democrat named fellow moderates to key economic posts at Finance, Labor, Budget, and Social Affairs.
French President François Hollande Goes to Washington | Tracy McNicoll | May 18, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn fact, the moderate social-democrat Hollande is an inveterate consensus-builder, not a Sarkozy-style bull in a china shop.
The social-democrat now becomes the principal opponent to President Nicolas Sarkozy's reelection bid next spring.
And that is before the terrible European social democrat-evoking VAT tax proposal now being floated.
But in the mean time, as any prophet might have foreseen, a social democrat had been developed.
Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
He was elected in 1850 as a social democrat to the Legislative Assembly, but was exiled in 1851 for his opposition to the Empire.
Dad says that he is a social democrat, but I notice that he is terribly particular about my company.
Betty Lee, Sophomore | David Goodger (goodger@python.org)A social democrat is one who aims to base government and industry upon democracy.
Bolshevism | John SpargoFor, to me, every social democrat is synonymous with an enemy of the realm and of the Fatherland.
The German Emperor as Shown in his Public Utterances | Christian Gauss
British Dictionary definitions for social democrat
any socialist who believes in the gradual transformation of capitalism into democratic socialism
(usually capital) a member of a Social Democratic Party
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