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Webster 1913 Edition

Oligarch

Olˊi-garch

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Noun.

A member of an oligarchy; one of the rulers in an oligarchical government.

Definition 2024

oligarch

oligarch

English

Noun

oligarch ‎(plural oligarchs)

A member of an oligarchy, someone who is part of a small group that runs a country.
(chiefly Russia) A very rich person, particularly with political power; a plutocrat.
(cosmogony) A protoplanet formed during oligarchic accretion.

Synonyms

(rich and powerful person): plutocrat, tycoonocrat

Related terms

Translations

a member of an oligarchy

Armenian: օլիգարխ (hy) ‎(ōligarx)
Catalan: oligarca m, f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 寡頭 (zh), 寡头 (zh) ‎(guǎtóu)
Dutch: oligarch m
Esperanto: oligarĥo
Estonian: oligarh
Finnish: oligarkki
French: oligarque (fr)
Georgian:
Greek: ολιγαρχικός (el) m ‎(oligarchikós)
Ancient: ὀλιγάρχης m ‎(oligárkhēs)

Hebrew: אוליגרך (he)
Hungarian: oligarcha (hu)
Icelandic:
Italian: oligarca (it) m
Japanese: 寡頭 ‎(かとう, katō)
Korean: 과두 ‎(gwadu)
Latin: oligarcha m
Portuguese: oligarca m, f
Russian: олига́рх (ru) m ‎(oligárx)
Spanish: oligarca (es) m
Tagalog: untipuno
Turkish:

very rich person

Armenian: օլիգարխ (hy) ‎(ōligarx)
Esperanto: oligarĥo
French: oligarque (fr)

Greek: ολιγαρχικός (el) m ‎(oligarchikós)
Hungarian: oligarcha (hu)
Russian: олига́рх (ru) m ‎(oligárx)

External links

oligarch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia