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The definition of crat is a supporter of a specific type of government.

(suffix)

An example of crat used as a suffix is in the word democrat which means a member of the Democratic political party or someone who believes in equality and majority rule.

See -crat in Webster's New World College Dictionary

participant in or supporter of (a specified kind of) government or ruling body: democrat, aristocrat

Origin: Fr -crate < Gr kratēs < kratos, rule, strength: see hard

See -crat in American Heritage Dictionary 4

suffix

A participant in or supporter of a specified form of government: technocrat.

Origin:

Origin: French -crate

Origin: , from Greek -kratēs, ruler

Origin: , from kratos, strength, power; see -cracy

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