plantocracyn.

Brit.

/plɑːnˈtɒkrəsi/,

/planˈtɒkrəsi/, U.S.

/plænˈtɑkrəsi/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: planter n., -ocracy comb. form.

Etymology: < plant- (in planter n.) + -ocracy comb. form, after e.g. aristocracy n.

Esp. in the Caribbean: the dominant or controlling class of plantation owners, or planters. Usually with the.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > ruling class or group > [noun] > other ruling classes or groups

stratocracy1652

Praetorian Guard1735

oligarchy1823

vampirarchy1823

hierocracy1828

gerontocracy1830

Whigocracy1831

plantocracy1839

mediocracy1845

squattocracy1846

snobocracy1853

pedantocracy1856

foolocracy1859

thugocracy1896

pigmentocracy1949

xenocracy1965

1839 Barbadian 23 Jan. A lamentable illustration of the old fable of the Frog and the Ox will be the result, and we need not say which of these two ‘redoubtable quadrupeds’ will, on this occasion, be represented by the Planto-cracy of Barbados.

1861 W. G. Sewell Ordeal Free Labor Brit. W. Indies xxv. 258 It must not be supposed that Jamaica legislation is perfect now, because it is no longer the exclusive prerogative of the plantocracy.

1889 J. J. Thomas Froudacity 254 The irritation and rancour seething in the breast of the new plantocracy.

1929 Econ. Geogr. 5 149/2 The ‘plantocracies’ in the islands and British Guiana endeavoured, with little success, to remedy the labour shortage by sporadic recruitments from Madeira, St. Helena, Sierra Leone, Malta, Germany, and other places.

1955 Caribbean Q. 4 ii. 132 Sequestrators and speculators never lost any opportunity presented to become part of the plantocracy.

1996 Daily Tel. 12 Mar. 23/3 Paterson was born on Dec 3 1906 at St George's, Grenada, into the old ‘plantocracy’ which has now virtually died out in the Caribbean.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plantocracy
释义	plantocracyn. Brit. /plɑːnˈtɒkrəsi/, /planˈtɒkrəsi/, U.S. /plænˈtɑkrəsi/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: planter n., -ocracy comb. form. Etymology: < plant- (in planter n.) + -ocracy comb. form, after e.g. aristocracy n. Esp. in the Caribbean: the dominant or controlling class of plantation owners, or planters. Usually with the. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > ruling class or group > [noun] > other ruling classes or groups stratocracy1652 Praetorian Guard1735 oligarchy1823 vampirarchy1823 hierocracy1828 gerontocracy1830 Whigocracy1831 plantocracy1839 mediocracy1845 squattocracy1846 snobocracy1853 pedantocracy1856 foolocracy1859 thugocracy1896 pigmentocracy1949 xenocracy1965 1839 Barbadian 23 Jan. A lamentable illustration of the old fable of the Frog and the Ox will be the result, and we need not say which of these two ‘redoubtable quadrupeds’ will, on this occasion, be represented by the Planto-cracy of Barbados. 1861 W. G. Sewell Ordeal Free Labor Brit. W. Indies xxv. 258 It must not be supposed that Jamaica legislation is perfect now, because it is no longer the exclusive prerogative of the plantocracy. 1889 J. J. Thomas Froudacity 254 The irritation and rancour seething in the breast of the new plantocracy. 1929 Econ. Geogr. 5 149/2 The ‘plantocracies’ in the islands and British Guiana endeavoured, with little success, to remedy the labour shortage by sporadic recruitments from Madeira, St. Helena, Sierra Leone, Malta, Germany, and other places. 1955 Caribbean Q. 4 ii. 132 Sequestrators and speculators never lost any opportunity presented to become part of the plantocracy. 1996 Daily Tel. 12 Mar. 23/3 Paterson was born on Dec 3 1906 at St George's, Grenada, into the old ‘plantocracy’ which has now virtually died out in the Caribbean. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1839
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