thalassocrat

American

[thuh-las-uh-krat] / θəˈlæs əˌkræt /

noun

a nation that has dominion over the seas.

Etymology

Origin of thalassocrat

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

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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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