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Webster 1913 Edition

Plutocracy

Plu-toc′ra-cy

(plū̍-tŏk′rȧ-sy̆)

,

Noun.

[Gr.

πλουτοκρατία

;

πλοῦτοσ

wealth +

κρατεῖν

to be strong, to rule, fr.

κρατόσ

strength: cf. F.

plutocratie

.]

A form of government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of the wealthy classes; government by the rich; also, a controlling or influential class of rich men.