gynocracy Meaning, Definition & Usage

Gy*noc"ra*cy noun
Etymology
See Gynecocracy.
Definitions
  1. Female government; gynecocracy.
    The aforesaid state has repeatedly changed from absolute despotism to republicanism, not forgetting the intermediate stages of oligarchy, limited monarchy, and even gynocracy; for I myself remember Alsatia governed for nearly nine months by an old fishwoman. Sir H. Scott.

Webster 1913