oligarch
A member of an oligarchyA member of an oligarchy; someone who is part of a small group that runs a country.
» He's just a meat puppet for billionaire oligarchs.
Meaning
3 sensesA member of an oligarchy; someone who is part of a small group that runs a country.
Oligarch, Oligarchin
олига́рхoligárx
оліга́рхolihárx, олігархи́няoliharxýnja
A very wealthy business owner who wields political power.
A protoplanet formed during oligarchic accretion.
- one of the rulers in an oligarchy
Examples
7 sentencesHe's just a meat puppet for billionaire oligarchs.
Algeria needs to get rid of its corrupt oligarchs.
What's the difference between an oligarch and a tycoon?
Oligarchs' private planes are sometimes shot down by drones.
The inventors of democracy knew it to be the government of some liberticidal tyrannical oligarchs.
Translations
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Origin
From French oligarque, olygarche, from Late Latin oligarcha, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγάρχηςFrom French oligarque, olygarche, from Late Latin oligarcha, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγάρχης (oligárkhēs). By surface analysis, olig- (“few”) + -arch (“ruler, leader”).
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