plutocrat

[ploo-tuh-krat]

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noun

a member of a plutocracy.

RELATED WORDS

tycoon, magnate, capitalist

Nearby words

Origin of plutocrat

First recorded in 1840–50; pluto(cracy) + -crat

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Examples from the Web for plutocrat

Plutocrat sweethearts Dagny Taggart and Hank Rearden join the movement as the masses clamor for revolution.
The Search for Serious Literary Fiction for Republicans|James McGirk|November 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
This was the corporations-are-people Romney, who seems like a plutocrat even as he tries to strike an average-guy tone.
Mitt Romney Hits Jackpot in the Nevada Caucuses|Howard Kurtz|February 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The war cry was that he was the master, a tyrant, a plutocrat, ruthlessly crushing the weak.
The Lion's Mouse|C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
There was no aristocrat, autocrat, nor plutocrat in Springvale; but the purest democracy was among the children.
The Price of the Prairie|Margaret Hill McCarter

The plutocrat sometimes condescended to be jocular with his subordinates.
The Lion and The Mouse|Charles Klein
The plutocrat of the house-boat had come up from the beach and had been listening.
Blow The Man Down|Holman Day
Yet while he said nothing, the plutocrat was watching his visitor closely from under his thick eyebrows.
The Lion and The Mouse|Charles Klein

British Dictionary definitions for plutocrat

plutocrat

noun

a member of a plutocracy

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Word Origin and History for plutocrat

plutocrat

"person who rules by his wealth," 1838, back-formation from plutocracy. Related: Plutocratic (1843); plutocratical (1833).