slavocracy
[ sley-vok-ruh-see ]
noun,plural slav·oc·ra·cies.
the rule or domination of slaveholders: the slavocracy of the old plantations.
a dominating body of slaveholders.
Origin of slavocracy
1Other 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)
slaveholders as a dominant class
domination by slaveholders
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