slavocracy

[ sley-vok-ruh-see ]

noun,plural slav·oc·ra·cies.
  1. the rule or domination of slaveholders: the slavocracy of the old plantations.

  2. a dominating body of slaveholders.

Origin of slavocracy

1
First recorded in 1830–40; slave + -o- + -cracy

Other words from slavocracy

  • slav·o·crat [sley-vuh-krat], /ˈsleɪ vəˌkræt/, noun
  • slav·o·crat·ic [sley-vuh-krat-ik], /ˌsleɪ vəˈkræt ɪk/, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for slavocracy

slavocracy

/ (sleɪˈvɒkrəsɪ) /


nounplural -cies (esp in the US before the Civil War)
  1. slaveholders as a dominant class

  2. domination by slaveholders

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