Oligarch

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A member of a small governing faction.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A member of an oligarchy, someone who is part of a small group that runs a country.
  • n. A very rich person (especially in Russia).
  • n. A protoplanet formed during oligarchic accretion.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A member of an oligarchy; one of the rulers in an oligarchical government.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A member of an oligarchy; one of a few holding political power.
  • In botany, having a few centripetally developed xylem plates: said of some radial vascular cylinders.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. one of the rulers in an oligarchy
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