-crat

-crat
a combining form meaning "ruler," "member of a ruling body," "advocate of a particular form of rule," used in the formation of compound words: autocrat; technocrat. Cf. -cracy.
[ < Gk -krates as in autokratés AUTOCRAT; r. -crate < F < Gk, as above]

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