Democratic-Republican

[ dem-uh-krat-ik-ri-puhb-li-kuhn ]

adjective

, U.S. History.

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

Example Sentences

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

“If you divide the Democratic vote by four and somebody is able to become the dominant Republican, you increase the chances you have a Democratic-Republican runoff” in November, Carrick said.

From Seattle Times

“If you divide the Democratic vote by four and somebody is able to become the dominant Republican, you increase the chances you have a Democratic-Republican runoff” in November, Carrick said.

From Washington Times

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

From Washington Post