"meritocrat" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: meritocrats [plural]
Etymology: From merit + -o- + -crat. Etymology templates: {{af|en|merit|-o-|-crat}} merit + -o- + -crat Head templates: {{en-noun}} meritocrat (plural meritocrats)
  1. An advocate of meritocracy.
    Sense id: en-meritocrat-en-noun-FQDCgrUu
  2. A person who has authority allegedly based on ability. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-meritocrat-en-noun-4oxqFk~C Disambiguation of People: 34 66 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms interfixed with -o-, English terms suffixed with -crat, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English terms interfixed with -o-: 14 86 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -crat: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95

Noun [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from English meritocrat. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ro|en|meritocrat}} Borrowed from English meritocrat Head templates: {{ro-noun|m|meritocrați}} meritocrat m (plural meritocrați) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|g=m|gpd=meritocraților|gpi=meritocrați|gsd=meritocratului|gsi=meritocrat|n=|npd=meritocrații|npi=meritocrați|nsd=meritocratul|nsi=meritocrat|vp=meritocraților|vs=meritocratule|vs2=}} Forms: meritocrați [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], meritocrat [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], meritocratul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], meritocrați [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], meritocrații [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], meritocrat [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, singular], meritocratului [definite, error-unrecognized-form, singular], meritocrați [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, singular], meritocraților [definite, error-unrecognized-form, plural], meritocratule [singular, vocative], meritocraților [vocative]
  1. meritocrat Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-meritocrat-ro-noun-pMzWeIjX Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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