physiocrat
[ fiz-ee-uh-krat ]
/ ˈfɪz i əˌkræt /
noun
one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
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British Dictionary definitions for physiocrat
physiocrat
/ (ˈfɪzɪəʊˌkræt) /
noun
a follower of Quesnay's doctrines of government, believing that the inherent natural order governing society was based on land and its natural products as the only true form of wealth
Derived forms of physiocrat
physiocracy (ˌfɪzɪˈɒkrəsɪ), noun physiocratic, adjectiveWord Origin for physiocrat
C18: from French
physiocrate; see
physio-,
-crat