stratocracy
Americannoun
plural
stratocraciesnoun
Other Word Forms
- stratocrat noun
- stratocratic adjective
Etymology
Origin of stratocracy
1645–55; < Greek strató ( s ) army + -cracy
Example Sentences
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O'Rourke doesn't propose to strip voting rights from civilians, but his war tax comes close to turning us into a stratocracy, much like Heinlein envisioned.
From Salon
It was purely a government by the sword, or permanent stratocracy having a movable head.
From Project Gutenberg
But to effect such end, the Turks require the old stratocracy, which, bloody as it was, worked with far less misery than the charter and the new code.
From Project Gutenberg
It is in the perfection of the stratocracy that we must look for the key to the excesses of the autocrat.
From Project Gutenberg
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