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democracy
English
Proper noun
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en obsolete US The Democratic Party.
en February 27, 1860 Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Cooper Union Address New York City, New York I so adopt it because it furnishes a precise and an agreed starting point for a discussion between Republicans and that wing of the Democracy headed by Senator Douglas. https://web.archive.org/web/1/www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/cooper.htm