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militariats

militariats is the plural of militariat.

Meaning of militariat

Noun (1)

militariat (plural militariats)

  1. A ruling class resulting from a coup by junior officers and non-officers from the military.
    • It is noted that some military coups, especially in West Africa, have been carried out, not by senior officers, but by junior & noncommissioned officers, ie, the militariat, which occupies a class position in the army analogous to the working class in society.1998, Leo P. Chall, Sociological Abstracts - Volume 46, Issue 6, page 3825

Noun (2)

militariat (plural militariats)

  1. A ruling class formed by an alliance between military officers and bureaucrats.
    • The employers and the landlords were upheld in their exploitation of the masses by militariats, who, as masters of their politically and militarily separate territories, moreover, taxed the people outrageously and allowed their soldiers to live upon them and ravage them practically at will.1930, Henry Francis James, Thorsten D. Sellin, China, page 232

Questions about militariats

What is militariats the plural of?
Militariats is the plural of militariat.

Words near militariats in the dictionary

  1. militaria
  2. militarian
  3. militariana
  4. militarians
  5. militariat
  6. militariats
  7. militaric
  8. militarical
  9. militarically
  10. militaries
  11. militarily

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