stratocracy

[ struh-tok-ruh-see ]
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noun,plural stra·toc·ra·cies.
  1. government by the military.

Origin of stratocracy

1
1645–55; <Greek strató(s) army + -cracy

Words Nearby stratocracy

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How to use stratocracy in a sentence

  • It is in the perfection of the stratocracy that we must look for the key to the excesses of the autocrat.

    The Caesars | Thomas de Quincey
  • It was purely a government by the sword, or permanent stratocracy having a movable head.

    The Caesars | Thomas de Quincey
  • There were then, in fact, two great forces in the government acting in and by each other—the stratocracy, and the Autocracy.

    The Caesars | Thomas de Quincey

British Dictionary definitions for stratocracy

stratocracy

/ (strəˈtɒkrəsɪ) /


nounplural -cies
  1. military rule

Origin of stratocracy

1
C17: from Greek stratos an army + -cracy

Derived forms of stratocracy

  • stratocrat (ˈstrætəˌkræt), noun
  • stratocratic (ˌstrætəˈkrætɪk), adjective

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