Any of the Southern Democrats who seceded from the party in 1948 in opposition to its policy of extending civil rights.
〈美，非正式〉（1948年因反对民主党扩大民权政策而退党的）美国南部民主党人
Example sentencesExamples
In 1948, disgruntled southern Democrats, nicknamed Dixiecrats, launched the States' Rights party.
A less fantasy-based analysis might have focused more on the memory of Dixiecrats filibustering civil rights legislation.
Fortunately, the old power base of the Dixiecrats in Congress has been transformed into the country's most solid bedrock of Republican power.
He was a traditional segregationist, though the one-time Dixiecrat had reconciled with the national Democratic Party by the time he became Armed Services chairman.
This was a period in which the segregationist Southern Dixiecrats played a leading role in the Democratic Party as well as the Roosevelt administration.
Definition of Dixiecrat in US English:
Dixiecrat
nounˈdiksēˌkrat
US informal
Any of the Southern Democrats who seceded from the party in 1948 in opposition to its policy of extending civil rights.
〈美，非正式〉（1948年因反对民主党扩大民权政策而退党的）美国南部民主党人
Example sentencesExamples
He was a traditional segregationist, though the one-time Dixiecrat had reconciled with the national Democratic Party by the time he became Armed Services chairman.
In 1948, disgruntled southern Democrats, nicknamed Dixiecrats, launched the States' Rights party.
A less fantasy-based analysis might have focused more on the memory of Dixiecrats filibustering civil rights legislation.
This was a period in which the segregationist Southern Dixiecrats played a leading role in the Democratic Party as well as the Roosevelt administration.
Fortunately, the old power base of the Dixiecrats in Congress has been transformed into the country's most solid bedrock of Republican power.