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

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 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) /

noun plural -cies

military rule

Derived forms of stratocracy

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

Word Origin for stratocracy

C17: from Greek stratos an army + -cracy