Gynocracy
Pronunciation : Gy*noc"ra*cy
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Gynecocracy.]
Definition : Defn: Female government; gynecocracy. 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 H. Scott.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913