"plutocrat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: plutocrats [plural]
Etymology: From pluto- + -crat, after plutocracy, from Ancient Greek πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “wealth, riches”) + κράτος (krátos, “power, might”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|pluto-|-crat}} pluto- + -crat, {{m|en|plutocracy}} plutocracy, {{der|en|grc|πλοῦτος|t=wealth, riches}} Ancient Greek πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “wealth, riches”), {{m|grc|κράτος|t=power, might}} κράτος (krátos, “power, might”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} plutocrat (plural plutocrats)
  1. Someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: oligarch, tycoonocrat [rare], ploutocrat [archaic] Related terms: plutocracy, plutocratic Translations (someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth): plutòcrata [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 財閥 (Chinese Mandarin), 财阀 (cáifá) (Chinese Mandarin), plutokrat [masculine] (Czech), plutocraat (Dutch), plutokrato (Esperanto), ploutocrate [masculine] (French), პლუტოკრატი (ṗluṭoḳraṭi) (Georgian), Plutokrat [masculine] (German), Plutokratin [feminine] (German), plutokrata (Hungarian), maoinlathaí [masculine] (Irish), 財閥 (zaibatsu) (alt: ざいばつ) (Japanese), 재벌 (jaebeol) (alt: 財閥) (Korean), argid-reiltagh [masculine] (Manx), plutocrata [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), плутокра́т (plutokrát) [masculine] (Russian), plutokrat [common-gender] (Swedish)

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