oligarch
noun [ C ] uk/ˈɒl.ɪ.ɡɑː.k/ us/ˈɑː.lɪ.ɡɑːrk/
politics specialized寡头政治家;寡头统治集团成员
one of the people in an oligarchy (= a government or society controlled by a small group of very powerful people)
The government of the Corinthian State was an oligarchy, and the oligarchs had control over the State.
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- A few powerful oligarchs were able to seize huge industrial assets at knockdown prices.
- After the fall of the Soviet Union, several national and regional networks arose that were owned by oligarchs.
- The fear was that the general population of nations might become too intelligent to put up with being treated as virtual cattle under the reign of oligarchs.