noun
Meaning 1
Someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonym: oligarch
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tycoonocrat, oligarch
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: tycoonocrat, oligarch
Antonyms: none provided
noun
someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rich person, wealthy person, have
History
From pluto- + -crat, after plutocracy, from Ancient Greek πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “wealth, riches”) + κράτος (krátos, “power, might”).
Across languages
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.