De*moc"ra*tist (?), n. A democrat. [R.] Burke.
De*moc"ra*tize (?) v. t. To render democratic.
De*moc"ra*ty (?), n. Democracy. [Obs.] Milton.
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De`mo*gor"gon (d"m*gôr*gn or dm"*gôr*gn), n. [First mentioned by Lutatius, or Lactantius Placidus, the scholiast on Statius, perh. fr. Gr. dai`mwn god, deity + gorgo`s fierce, terrible] A mysterious, terrible, and evil divinity, regarded by some as the author of creation, by others as a great magician who was supposed to command the spirits of the lower world. See Gorgon.
Orcus and Ades, and the dreaded name
Of Demogorgon.
Milton.
De*mog"ra*phy (d*mg"rf), n. [Gr. dh^mos the people + - graphy.] The study of races, as to births, marriages, mortality, health, etc. -- Dem`o*graph"ic, a.
||De`moi`selle" (?), n. [F. See Damsel.] 1. A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid.
2. (Zoöl.) The Numidian crane (Anthropoides virgo); -- so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements.