stratocracy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

stratocracy
    n 1: government by the military and an army [syn: {military
         government}, {stratocracy}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Stratocracy \Stra*toc"ra*cy\, n. [Gr. ? an army + -cracy, as in
   democracy: cf. F. stratocratie.]
   A military government; government by military chiefs and an
   army.
   [1913 Webster]

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

STRATOCRACY. A military government; government by military chiefs of an 
army.

[email protected]