plutocrat

[ploo-tuh-krat]

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noun

a member of a plutocracy.

Origin of plutocrat

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

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Related Words for plutocrat

tycoon, magnate, capitalist

Examples from the Web for plutocrat

Contemporary Examples of 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
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

Historical Examples of plutocrat

The plutocrat had not appeared in the street, he had not even appeared in the dictionary.
The Paliser case
Edgar Saltus
The plutocrat of the house-boat had come up from the beach and had been listening.
Blow The Man Down
Holman Day
My friend, Mr. Blacksmith, let me introduce you to my friend, Mr. Plutocrat.
The Friendly Road
(AKA David Grayson) Ray Stannard Baker
Go out and show yourself, so they can see what a plutocrat looks like.
Otherwise Phyllis
Meredith Nicholson
He was more like an American plutocrat when he began; but he has since lost the American simplicity.
Eugenics and Other Evils
G. K. Chesterton

British Dictionary definitions for plutocrat

plutocrat

noun

a member of a plutocracy

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Word Origin and History for plutocrat

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