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cottonocracy

noun

Etymology

From cotton + -o- + -cracy.

  1. derived from כֻּתֹּנֶת
  2. derived from قُطُن
  3. derived from cotone
  4. derived from coton
  5. derived from cotun
  6. inherited from cotoun
  7. formed as cottonocracy — “cotton + -o- + -cracy”

Definitions

  1. A government dominated by the cotton industry, as in the United States before the…

    A government dominated by the cotton industry, as in the United States before the American Civil War.

    • The whole school argue political or national economy as a party question: it is Cottonocracy versus Cornocracy — the nation is to be crucified between them.
    • The Lancashire cottonocracy was still waiting for El Dorado, and was quite prepared to believe that the opium trade was delaying its arrival.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA