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-crat

-crat

a combining form meaning “ruler,” “member of a ruling body,” “advocate of a particular form of rule,” used in the formation of compound words: autocrat; technocrat.
Compare -cracy.


Origin:
< Greek -kratēs as in autokratḗs autocrat; replacing -crate < French < Greek, as above
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-crat is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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-crat
 
n combining form
See also -cracy indicating a person who takes part in or is a member of a form of government or class: democrat; technocrat
 
[from Greek -kratēs, from -kratia-cracy]
 
-cratic
 
adj combining form
 
-cratical
 
adj combining form

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