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oligarchal

oligarchal adjective: oligarchic, oligarchical.

Adjective

oligarchal (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Oligarchic, oligarchical.
    • The whole defence, / Our oligarchal tyrants have to boaſt, / Are poor Barbarians, ſcarce three hundred ſtrong, […]a. 1786, [Richard Glover], “Book the Thirteenth”, in [Mrs. Halsey], editor, The Athenaid, a Poem, […], volume II, London: […] T[homas] Cadell, […], published 1787, →OCLC, page 59, lines 101–103

Origin of oligarchal

From oligarch + -al.

Questions about oligarchal

What does oligarchal mean?
Oligarchal means oligarchic, oligarchical.
What part of speech is oligarchal?
Oligarchal is an adjective.

Words near oligarchal in the dictionary

  1. oligandrous
  2. oligandry
  3. oliganthous
  4. Oliganthropocene
  5. oligarch
  6. oligarchal
  7. oligarchic
  8. oligarchic accretion
  9. oligarchic accretions
  10. oligarchical
  11. oligarchically

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