n. The persons or interest representing slavery politically, or wielding political power for the preservation or advancement of slavery.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The persons or interest formerly representing slavery politically, or wielding political power for the preservation or advancement of slavery.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Slave-owners collectively, or their interests, influence, and power, especially as exercised in the maintenance of slavery.
Word Usage
"Brown grasped the painful truth that the reactionaries of his own era, those who championed centuries of white supremacy's "slavocracy" were -- like today's plutocrats -- utterly without shame."