stratocraticadj.
/ˌstratəˈkratɪk/, U.S. /ˌstrædəˈkrædɪk/ Of, relating to, or characteristic of military rule. Cf. stratocracy n.
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stratocratic1806
1806 J. Leslie Dict. Synonymous Words at Government Governments may be..Stratocratic, military government.
1863 D. A. Mahony Prisoner of State 246 Of all other forms of despotism, the Stratocratic is the most odious and intolerable.
1941 Queen's Q. Autumn 355 Greece..was governed by a series of stratocratic oligarchies.
2012 K. Gouliamos & C. Kassimeris Marketing of War in Age of Neo-militarism xiv. 265 Militarizing the institution of the Presidency..but not in a manner that one would identify as stratocratic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1806- to put one's back into
- to put one's best foot first
- to put one's best foot forward
- to put one's best leg first
- to put one's best leg forward
- to put one's cards on the table
- to put one's chips on
- to put one's come hither on a person
- to put one's eyes together
- to put one's face against
- to put one's feet under another's mahogany
- to put one's feet under mahogany
- to put one's feet up
- to put one's finger in a hole
- to put one's finger in one's eye
- to put one's finger in the dyke
- to put one's finger in the fire
- to put one's finger on
- to put one's foot
- to put one's foot down
- to put one's foot in it
- to put one's foot in one's mouth
- to put one's foot into it
- to put one's foot to the floor
- to put one's foot upon