plutocrat
Someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealthSomeone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth.
» The plutocrat is a person whose power comes from their wealth.
Плутократ – человек, чья власть основывается на его богатстве.
Meaning
1 sensesSomeone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth.
Near-synonym: oligarch
Plutokrat, Plutokratin
плутокра́тplutokrát
someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth
Examples
6 sentencesThe plutocrat is a person whose power comes from their wealth.
ruПлутократ – человек, чья власть основывается на его богатстве.
The world's plutocrats are globalized; the world proletariat must be internationalized.
Plutocrats love to buy things that oppose them.
He's an old plutocrat.
He had the magical gift of wringing a hundred pounds from a plutocrat with the air of conferring a graceful favour.
Translations
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Origin
From pluto- + -crat, after plutocracy, from Ancient Greek πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “wealth, richeFrom pluto- + -crat, after plutocracy, from Ancient Greek πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “wealth, riches”) + κράτος (krátos, “power, might”).
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