Physiocrat

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Physiocrat \Phys"i*o*crat\ (f[i^]z"[i^]*[-o]*kr[a^]t), n. [Gr.
     fy`sis nature + kratei^n to rule.]
     One of the followers of Quesnay of France, who, in the 18th
     century, founded a system of political economy based upon the
     supremacy of natural order. --F. A. Walker. --
     {Phys`i*o*crat"ic}, a.


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