plantocracy
Americannoun
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government by plantation owners.
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a ruling class of plantation owners.
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A grass-roots labor leader who came to power by flouting the colonial plantocracy, Gairy ruled by caprice.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were the ones that Dalby Bedford, now seated beside her, diplomatically sipping from his tankard, liked to call the "plantocracy."
From Caribbee by Hoover, Thomas
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