thalassocrat

[thuh-las-uh-krat]

noun

1. a nation that has dominion over the seas.

Word History and Origins

Origin of thalassocrat¹

First recorded in 1940–45; thalasso- + -crat

Example Sentences

There dawned upon the history-sensitive mind of young Toynbee that, as a citizen of the world's No. 1 naval power, he too was a thalassocrat.

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