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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a political system governed by old men

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -cies) Etymology: French gérontocratie, from géronto- geront- + -cratie -cracy Date: 1830 rule by elders; specifically a form of social organization in which a group of old men or a council of elders dominates or exercises control • gerontocrat noun • gerontocratic adjective

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gerontocracy Ger`on*toc"ra*cy, n. [Gr. ?, ?, an old man + ? to rule.] Government by old men. [R.] --Gladstone.