meritocrat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An advocate of meritocracy.
  2. A person who has authority allegedly based on ability.

Word forms

meritocrat meritocrats

Etymology

From merit + -o- + -crat.

Derived words

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.