Stratocrat

Quick meaning: Stratocrat is a noun meaning (uncommon) One who governs or leads others through military force, or on account of their position as a military officer.

Meaning

(uncommon) One who governs or leads others through military force, or on account of their position as a military officer.

Example Sentences

This alone would, in the opinion of the committee, be sufficient reason for the interference of the United States to prevent an attack on England by the autocrats and stratocrats of the continent.

This meant that all the stratocrats responsible for leading their men to safety were inexplicably bunched together in a small group far in the lead, with but two exceptions—John Gates and George Watt.

Munro’s role as a stratocrat is visible less through his sparse writings than in his own career. He had earned his reputation through warfare, principally the seizure of Dharwar during the Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–18).

Word Forms

• stratocrats

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include strategus, plutocrat, aristocrat, czarocrat, politarch, tyrant.

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