"barbarocracy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: barbarocracies [plural]
Etymology: From Latin barbarus (“foreigner, savage”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|barbarus||foreigner, savage}} Latin barbarus (“foreigner, savage”), {{uder|en|grc|βάρβαρος||foreign, strange}} Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} barbarocracy (countable and uncountable, plural barbarocracies)
  1. Rule by barbarians. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-barbarocracy-en-noun-0q~o5D5C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations

Inflected forms

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