-crat
1.
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.
Compare
-cracy
.
Origin
<
Greek
-kratēs
as in
autokratḗs
autocrat
; replacing
-crate
<
French
<
Greek,
as above
British Dictionary definitions for
-crat
-crat
combining form
1.
indicating a person who takes part in or is a member of a form of government or class:
democrat,
technocrat
See also
-cracy
Derived Forms
-cratic,
-cratical,
combining_form:in_adjective
Word Origin
from Greek
-kratēs,
from
-kratia
-cracy