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hetærocracy, hetair-|hɛtɪəˈrɒkrəsɪ|
[f. Gr. ἑταῖρος companion, fellow, or ἑταίρα hetæra + -cracy.]
a. The rule of fellows (of a college).
b. The rule of courtesans.
1845Mozley B. White Ess. 1878 II. 100 The ‘hetairocracy’ of Oriel Common Room stuck in his mind. 1860Hook Lives Abps. I. vi. 346 The government..had become what has been aptly styled an Hetaerocracy, and was in the hands of women, illustrious by their birth, but the licentiousness of whose lives surpasses belief. |