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-crat

/-kɹæt/

-crat suffix: a participant in a specified form of government.

Suffix

-crat (noun-forming suffix, plural -crats)

  1. A participant in a specified form of government.
  2. An advocate of a specified form of government.

-crat meaning in Persian

-crat in Persian

participant
سالار -sâlâr

Forms of -crat

plural-crats

Origin of -crat

From Ancient Greek κράτος (krátos, “power, might”), modelled after words of Ancient Greek origin such as democrat and aristocrat. From Proto-Indo-European *kret- (English hard).

Words formed from -crat

Questions about -crat

What does -crat mean?
-crat means a participant in a specified form of government.
What is -crat in Persian?
-crat in Persian is سالار (-sâlâr). See -crat meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is -crat?
-crat is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -crat?
-crat is pronounced /-kɹæt/ (UK).

Words near -crat in the dictionary

  1. -cracies
  2. -cracy
  3. -craft
  4. -crafts
  5. -crasy
  6. -crat
  7. -cratic
  8. -crats
  9. -crete
  10. -crine
  11. -cross

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