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petrogarch

petrogarch noun: someone who is part of a small group that controls the petroleum industry, and hence has power over lives and governments similar to the powers of an oligarch.

Noun

petrogarch (plural petrogarchs)

  1. Someone who is part of a small group that controls the petroleum industry, and hence has power over lives and governments similar to the powers of an oligarch.
    • Why focus on gas in particular? Because gasoline is where the world’s petrogarchs have us by the short hairs.2012, J. Rauch, “Ban Gasoline”, in The Atlantic
    • ... selling out to the petrogarchs of Russia and Qatar was simply a master stroke of evil genius.2010, B. Dowbiggin, “Pursuing MLSE a survival strategy for Rogers”, in The Globe and Mail

Forms of petrogarch

pluralpetrogarchs

Origin of petrogarch

Blend of petro- + oligarch.

Questions about petrogarch

What does petrogarch mean?
Petrogarch means someone who is part of a small group that controls the petroleum industry, and hence has power over lives and governments similar to the powers of an oligarch.
What part of speech is petrogarch?
Petrogarch is a noun.
What is the plural of petrogarch?
The plural of petrogarch is petrogarchs.

Words near petrogarch in the dictionary

  1. petrofiction
  2. petrofictions
  3. petroform
  4. petroforms
  5. Petrogales
  6. petrogarch
  7. petrogarchs
  8. petrogeneses
  9. petrogenesis
  10. petrogenetic
  11. petrogenetically

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