plantocracy
/plænˈtɑkɹəsi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
The group of plantation owners who have power in such a government.
Example Sentences
- "Too many, however, who might take an honourable stand, fear the petty spleen of the plantocracy; preferring the most disgusting adulation, to the blessing of him ready to perish."
- "Although remnants of the plantocracy retained positions of economic and political importance into the 1960s and represented the hardest core of Jamaican conservatism, its significance was historical rather than contemporary."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ Proto-Italic *plāntā? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k-der. Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂nk /*gteh₂ Proto-Italic *plānktā Latin plantabor. Proto-West Germanic *plantu Old English plante Middle English plante English plant Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *kret-der. Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)bor. English -cracy English plantocracy From plant + -o- + -cracy.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /plænˈtɑkɹəsi/
- British English: /plɑːnˈtɒkɹəsi/