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gerontocrat, n.|dʒəˈrɒntəkræt|
[f. gerontocracy n.: see -crat.]
A member of a gerontocratic government. Also transf.
1961in Webster. 1974Sci. Amer. June 130/2 Older referees accept measurably more physics papers by young authors than young referees do: the gatekeepers of publication are not gerontocrats, although they may be too competitive. 1977‘S. Leys’ Chinese Shadows (1978) p. xix, The Maoist gerontocrats, those wretched lead-and-cardboard bureaucrats who are mistaken for China's driving forces. 1989Times 20 Dec. 14/2 As other East European gerontocrats tumble, Ceaucescu confidently flies to Iran. |