Dixiecrats [pl. ][美]南部各州的民主党党员
dixiecrats[ 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
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Dixiecrats \Dixiecrats\ n.
a former political party in the US; formed in 1948 by
Southern Democrats opposed to the candidacy of Harry S.
Truman.
Syn: States' Rights Democratic Party.
[WordNet 1.5]
- At that time, the State Democratic Executive Committee was under the control of a staunchly conservative coalition of states' rights advocates and Dixiecrats loyal to then-segregationist Gov. George C. Wallace.