Definition of Stratocracy

1. Noun. Government by the military and an army.

Exact synonyms: Military Government
Generic synonyms: Authorities, Government, Regime

Definition of Stratocracy

1. n. A military government; government by military chiefs and an army.

Definition of Stratocracy

1. Noun. A military government. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stratocracy

1. [n -CIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stratocracy

stratify
stratifying
stratigrapher
stratigraphers
stratigraphic
stratigraphical
stratigraphically
stratigraphies
stratigraphist
stratigraphists
stratigraphy
stratimetry
strato-
stratoanalysis
stratocracies
stratocracy (current term)
stratocumuli
stratocumulus
stratographic
stratography
stratopause
stratopauses
stratose
stratosphere
stratospheres
stratospheric
stratospherically
stratotype
stratotypes
stratous

Literary usage of Stratocracy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"There were then, in fact, two great forces in the government acting in and by each other—the stratocracy, and the Autocracy. ..."

2. The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes edited by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1897)
"Thus, last month, I wrote in favour of stratocracy. I did so because Lord Cadogan had stated to a friend his conviction that the horse had an even-money ..."

3. Fall of Poland: Containing an Analytical and a Philosophical Account of the by Luther Calvin Saxton (1851)
"The sole object of the Cossack stratocracy was war. The profession of arms and the spoils of war were their only means of subsistence. ..."

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