Usually means: Advocate for advancement based on ability.
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  1. meritocrat: Merriam-Webster
  2. meritocrat: Collins English Dictionary
  3. meritocrat: Wiktionary
  4. meritocrat: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. meritocrat: Dictionary.com
  6. meritocrat: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (meritocrat)

▸ noun:  An advocate of meritocracy.
▸ noun:  A person who has authority allegedly based on ability.

Similar:
meritocratism, meritocracy, antimeritocracy, expertocrat, technocrat, partocrat, ideocrat, monetarist, mediocrat, aristocrat, more...

Opposite:
nepotist, aristocrat, elitist

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Similar:
meritocratism, meritocracy, antimeritocracy, expertocrat, technocrat, partocrat, ideocrat, monetarist, mediocrat, aristocrat, more...

Opposite:
nepotist, aristocrat, elitist



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