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graocracy

graocracy noun: a government led by old women or old men.

Noun

graocracy (plural not attested)

  1. (archaic, no plural, rare) A government led by old women or old men.
    • And such, we are fully persuaded, will be the sentiments of every ancient dame in the British empire, who shall read the account we shall now give of the vaunted bonne Societé, under Madame de Genlis's admired and lamented graocracy.1830 March, “Madame De Genlis”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume XXVII, number CLXIV, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, via Internet Archive, page 484
    • I am sure not one of you means to go into the pulpit as the spokesman of the graocracy, or to secure a contemptible and partial success by offering rancid incense to popular ignorance and hatred and prejudice.1898 March 26, “Aeschylus as a Preacher of Righteousness”, in Queen's University Journal, volume XXV, number 10, Kingston, Canada: Alma Mater Society of Queen's University, via Internet Archive, page...

Origin of graocracy

From Ancient Greek γραῦς (graûs, “old woman”) + -ocracy.

Questions about graocracy

What does graocracy mean?
Graocracy means a government led by old women or old men.
What part of speech is graocracy?
Graocracy is a noun.

Words near graocracy in the dictionary

  1. Granzow
  2. Granzows
  3. granzyme
  4. granzymes
  5. grao
  6. graocracy
  7. grape
  8. grape cactus
  9. grape cell
  10. grape cells
  11. grape fern

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