plan|toc|ra|cy

plan|toc|ra|cy
plan|toc|ra|cy «plan K ruh see», noun, plural -cies.
1. government by planters.
2. plantation owners as a class: »

From sugar, rum, coffee, and slavery, a rich plantocracy grew (Newsweek).

[< plant(er) + -ocracy, as in democracy]

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