Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The power or rule of gold or wealth.
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Examples
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Abel Stebbins was a good specimen of that extraordinary hybrid or mule between democracy and chrysocracy, a native-born New-England serving-man.
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Abel Stebbins was a good specimen of that extraordinary hybrid or mule between democracy and chrysocracy, a native-born New-England serving-man.
Elsie Venner Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Abel Stebbins was a good specimen of that extraordinary hybrid or mule between democracy and chrysocracy, a native-born New-England serving-man.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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'chrysocracy,' thinking it would take its place; but it didn't:
Authors and Friends Fields, Annie, 1834-1915 1896
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'chrysocracy,' thinking it would take its place; but it didn't:
Authors and Friends Annie Fields 1874
qms commented on the word chrysocracy
Oh, tell me not you’re shocked to see
Self-dealing and gross hypocrisy.
“Make America Great”
Was cheap sucker bait
From sellers of vulgar chrysocracy.
January 22, 2018