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slavocracy

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slav⋅oc⋅ra⋅cy

  [sley-vok-ruh-see]
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–noun, plural -cies.
1. the rule or domination of slaveholders: the slavocracy of the old plantations.
2. a dominating body of slaveholders.
Origin:
1830–40; slave + -o- + -cracy

Related forms:
slav⋅o⋅crat  [sley-vuh-krat] , noun
slav⋅o⋅crat⋅ic  [sley-vuh-krat-ik] , adjective
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slav·oc·ra·cy   (slā-vŏk'rə-sē)   
n.   pl. slav·oc·ra·cies
A ruling group of slaveholders or advocates of slavery, as in the southern United States before 1865.
slav'o·crat' (slā'və-krāt') n., slav'o·crat'ic adj.
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