Dictionary entry

Ochlocracy

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Och‐loc″ra‐cy (?), n. [Gr. �; ὄχλοσ the populace, multitude + κρατει̑ν to be strong, to rule, κράτοσ strength: cf. F. ochlocratie.] A form of government by the multitude; a mobocracy. Hare.