Usually means: Ruler or leader by elderly.
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  1. gerontocrat: Merriam-Webster
  2. gerontocrat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gerontocrat: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gerontocrat: Wiktionary
  5. gerontocrat: Dictionary.com
  6. gerontocrat: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See gerontocracy as well.)

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noun:  A member of a gerontocracy; an aged leader, especially one clinging on to power or ruling only by virtue of age.

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