plantocracy UK /plɑːnˈtɒkɹəsi/US /plænˈtɑkɹəsi/ noun2 •Government by plantation owners.Too many, however, who might take an honourable stand, fear the petty spleen of the plantocracy; preferring the most disgusting adulation, to the blessing of him ready to perish. — 1843 •The group of plantation owners who have power in such a government. formsplantocracies