plantocracy

noun

plan·​to·​cra·​cy plan-ˈtä-krə-sē 

1

: a ruling class made up of planters

2

: government by planters

Examples of plantocracy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

His appointment in 1960 as the first regular Black captain of the West Indies team ended the monopoly of the region’s white plantocracy. — Huw Richards, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2020

Word History

Etymology

planter + -o- + -cracy

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for plantocracy

• autocracy
• bureaucracy
• democracy
• hypocrisy
• plutocracy
• theocracy
• aristocracy
• meritocracy