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petro-dictator

petro-dictator noun: the dictator of a country whose economy is primarily dependent upon the export of petroleum.

Noun

petro-dictator (plural petro-dictators)

  1. The dictator of a country whose economy is primarily dependent upon the export of petroleum.
    • […] ignore the warnings while America's career politicians coddled and sun-bathed with their corrupt corporate campaign donors and the petro-dictators and monarchs[…]2005, Peter De Krassel, Custom Maid Spin for New World Disorder
    • By any reasonable standard it is a far better deal to send money to America's farmers than to various petro-dictators.2008, Gal Luft, Breaking Oil's Monopoly in the Transportation Sector

Forms of petro-dictator

pluralpetro-dictators

Origin of petro-dictator

Probably back-formed from petro-dictatorship.

Questions about petro-dictator

What does petro-dictator mean?
Petro-dictator means the dictator of a country whose economy is primarily dependent upon the export of petroleum.
What part of speech is petro-dictator?
Petro-dictator is a noun.
What is the plural of petro-dictator?
The plural of petro-dictator is petro-dictators.

Words near petro-dictator in the dictionary

  1. Petrizzo
  2. Petrizzos
  3. Petriș
  4. petro
  5. petro-
  6. petro-dictator
  7. petro-dictators
  8. petro-dictatorship
  9. petro-dictatorships
  10. petrobactin
  11. petrobasilar

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