stratocracy
[ struh-tok-ruh-see ]
/ strəˈtɒk rə si /
noun, plural stra·toc·ra·cies.
government by the military.
Origin of stratocracy
1645–55; < Greek
strató(s) army +
-cracy
Words nearby stratocracy
stratiformis,
stratify,
stratig.,
stratigraphy,
strato-,
stratocracy,
stratocumulus,
stratopause,
stratosphere,
stratovolcano,
stratton
Example sentences from the Web for stratocracy
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 QuinceyThere 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) /
noun plural -cies
military rule
Derived forms of stratocracy
stratocrat (ˈstrætəˌkræt), noun stratocratic (ˌstrætəˈkrætɪk), adjectiveWord Origin for stratocracy
C17: from Greek
stratos an army +
-cracy