oligarch
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oligarch
- /ˈɒlɪˌɡɑːk/ UK
- /ˈɑləɡɑɹk/ US
- /ˈoʊləɡɑɹk/ US
Where it comes from
From French oligarque, olygarche, from Late Latin oligarcha, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγάρχης (oligárkhēs). By surface analysis, olig- (“few”) + -arch (“ruler, leader”).
noun oligarchs
- A member of an oligarchy; someone who is part of a small group that runs a country. In thus ruling the issue out of court, Lenin implied that there was no problem about the relationship between a class and a party, or a party and its leaders, and that government by a handful of oligarchs can properly be called government by the class they claim to represent […]
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A very wealthy business owner who wields political power.
Millions of people were starving, while the oligarchs and their supporters were surfeiting on the surplus.
Similar: plutocrat, tycoonocrat
- A protoplanet formed during oligarchic accretion. In the inner Solar System, only the asteroid Ceres was able to grow fast enough to become a dwarf planet, but in the outer Solar System huge numbers of icy bodies formed, ranging from pebbles to the oligarchs now recognized as dwarf planets.
Translations
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noun a member of an oligarchy
| Español | oligarca |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 과두 gwadu |
| 日本語 | 寡頭 katō |
| 中文 | 寡頭 /寡头 guǎtóu |
| Português | oligarca |
| Français | oligarque |
| Deutsch | Oligarch, Oligarchin |
| Italiano | oligarca |
| Ελληνικά | ολιγαρχικός oligarchikós |
| Română | oligarh |
| Русский | олига́рх oligárx |
| Tiếng Việt | đầu sỏ chính trị |
| עברית | אוֹלִיגַרְךְ oligarkh |
Talk about this word "oligarch." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/oligarch. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. oligarch. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/oligarch "oligarch." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/oligarch.Cite this
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title = {oligarch},
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