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OLIGARCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oligarch mean?
• OLIGARCH (noun)
The noun OLIGARCH has 1 sense:
1. one of the rulers in an oligarchy
Familiarity information: OLIGARCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the rulers in an oligarchy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("oligarch" is a kind of...):
ruler; swayer (a person who rules or commands)
Derivation:
oligarchic (of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy)
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