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minigarch

minigarch noun: a petty oligarch, one with somewhat less money or power.

Noun

minigarch (plural minigarchs)

  1. (chiefly concerning the former Soviet Union) A petty oligarch, one with somewhat less money or power.
    • Financial and economic groups, which emerged as a result of the Yushchenko-inspired boom with an average growth rate in the gross national income of 9 percent since the year 2000, had created a new generation of “minigarchs.” They resented rampant corruption in tax administration and government and...2006, Adrian Karatnycky, “The Fall and Rise of Ukraine’s Political Opposition: From Kuchmagate to the Orange Revolution,” in Anders Åslund, Michael McFaul, eds., Revolution in Orange: The Origins of...
    • One person familiar with the Moscow business world said of Povarenkin: “He’s a typical ‘minigarch’ guy who managed to cobble together a bunch of assets, deploying the typical Russian means of doing it.”2018 June 15, Luke Harding, Dina Nagapetyants, “UK visa of Russian oligarch who met Arron Banks under review”, in The Guardian

Forms of minigarch

pluralminigarchs
alternative formmini-garch

Origin of minigarch

Blend of mini- + oligarch.

Questions about minigarch

What does minigarch mean?
Minigarch means a petty oligarch, one with somewhat less money or power.
What part of speech is minigarch?
Minigarch is a noun.
What is the plural of minigarch?
The plural of minigarch is minigarchs.

Words near minigarch in the dictionary

  1. minifying
  2. minigame
  3. minigames
  4. minigap
  5. minigaps
  6. minigarch
  7. minigarchs
  8. minigastrin
  9. minigastrins
  10. minigel
  11. minigels

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