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a. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or having, a gynobase. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Gynecocracy. ] Female government; gynecocracy. [ 1913 Webster ]
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 W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
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