Definition of Dixiecrats

1. Noun. A former political party in the United States; formed in 1948 by Democrats from southern states in order to oppose to the candidacy of Harry S Truman.

Exact synonyms: States' Rights Democratic Party
Generic synonyms: Party, Political Party

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dixiecrats

Divine Comedy
Divine Liturgy
Divine Mercy Sunday
Divine Office
Divine Providence
Divine Unity
Diviya
Divya
Diwali
Dix
Dixey
Dixie
Dixie Cup
Dixie cup
Dixiecrat
Dixiecrats
Dixieland
Dixon
Dixson
Diyari
Dizzy Gillespie
Djakarta
Djanet
Djibouti
Djibouti City
Djibouti franc
Djiboutian
Djiboutians
Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev

Literary usage of Dixiecrats

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ring Around the Rosie . . . ! by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1995)
"Just two things really bothered Harry Truman and Clark Clifford: dixiecrats and Henry Wallace. Clifford had the answers. As for the dixiecrats, ignore ‘em. ..."

2. Dealignment: A New Foreign Policy Perspective by Mary Kaldor, Richard A. Falk, Gerard Holden (1987)
"... 107, 205-06 Dewey, Thomas E., 67 DGSE (France), 228 disengagement strategy, 173-6, 179 'dixiecrats', 68 Djilas, Milovan, 53 dollar, 5, 10, 61, 96, 119, ..."

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