-crat(word root) rule, governmentExamples of words with the root -crat: plutocratAbused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embree-cratsuff. A participant in or supporter of a specified form of government: technocrat.[French -crate, from Greek -krat?s, ruler, from kratos, strength, power; see -cracy.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-crat n combining form (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) indicating a person who takes part in or is a member of a form of government or class: democrat; technocrat. See also -cracy [from Greek -krat?s, from -kratia -cracy] -cratic, -cratical adj combining formCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014-crat a combining form meaning ?ruler,? ?member of a ruling body:? autocrat; Eurocrat; technocrat. Compare -cracy. [