physiocrat

noun

1. (historical)Any of a group of economists in 18th-century France who believed that the government should not seek to influence the operation of natural economic laws.

   “The Physiocrats espoused a professional service ethic and, in the interests of societal welfare, sought to establish laws of political economy and social relations.”

   “Smith spent some time in Paris and got to know the physiocrats personally, notably François Quesnay and Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot.”