DCHP-3

fishocracy

Nfld, Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

See quote.

Quotations

1878
Fishocracy. Term used to describe well-to-do merchants opposed to self-government. (P. Toque, Newfoundland, as it was, 1878, 86.)
2n.

the social and economic pyramid built on the fisheries.

See: fishery

Quotations

1940
The "fishocracy" comprised in descending order: (1) the principal merchants, high officials, and some lawyers and medical men; (2) small merchants, important shopkeepers, lawyers, doctors, and secondary officials; (3) grocers, master mechanics, and schooner holders; and (4) fishermen.