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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ol-i-gahrk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒl ɪˌgɑrk



Definition of oligarchs

Origin :
  • c.1600, from Middle French olygarche, oligarque, from Greek oligarkhes, related to oligarkhia (see oligarchy).
  • As in ruler : noun historically, person who ruled an area
  • As in strongman : noun dictator
  • As in dictator : noun absolute ruler
Example sentences :
  • At every pause the rabble below yelled, 'Down with the Oligarchs!
  • Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
  • But these are precisely the things which the oligarchs will not allow him to touch with his finger.
  • Extract from : « A Miscellany of Men » by G. K. Chesterton
  • His ideal of a government was an oligarchy, with him and his like as oligarchs.
  • Extract from : « Mark Gildersleeve » by John S. Sauzade
  • Oligarchs and democrats go wrong in their conception of the good.
  • Extract from : « Politics » by Aristotle
  • Sumner fulminated against what he called the oligarchs of slavery.
  • Extract from : « The Brothers' War » by John Calvin Reed
  • Such a system forced the oligarchs into an attitude of opposition.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 » by Various
  • The oligarchs did not dare permit the telling of the whole truth.
  • Extract from : « The Iron Heel » by Jack London
  • And in these cities will the oligarchs dwell and worship beauty.
  • Extract from : « The Iron Heel » by Jack London
  • Under the oligarchs will flourish, not a priest class, but an artist class.
  • Extract from : « The Iron Heel » by Jack London
  • And as the oligarchs had done with the morning papers, so had they done in a thousand other ways.
  • Extract from : « The Iron Heel » by Jack London

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