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Plural of oligarch

regular plural

The plural of oligarch is oligarchs.

Forms of oligarch

Singularoligarch /ˈɒlɪˌɡɑːk/
Pluraloligarchs
Countablecountable

Oligarchs in a sentence

  • Millions of people were starving, while the oligarchs and their supporters were surfeiting on the surplus.1908 February 19, Jack London, chapter 17, in The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, page 251
  • Since the country won its independence in the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Parliament has become dominated by the oligarchs - enormously wealthy industrial managers who have interests in steel, iron, coal, the media and soccer clubs.2005 December 23, Judy Dempsey, “Ukraine's dance of the oligarchs”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2022
  • Money is the main weapon of modern oligarchs.From the entry weapon
  • The migrants will be enslaved once they're no longer useful to the oligarchs; make no mistake about that.From the entry enslave
  • Art critic Ben Lewis agrees: “It’s artwashing – it launders oligarchs’ reputations.2022 March 17, Oliver Basciano, quoting Ben Lewis, “‘It’s artwashing’: can galleries wean themselves off Russian oligarch loot?”, in The…. From the entry artwashing

Meaning of oligarch

  1. noun A member of an oligarchy; someone who is part of a small group that runs a country.
  2. noun A very wealthy business owner who wields political power.
  3. noun A protoplanet formed during oligarchic accretion.

Full definition of oligarch

Questions about the plural of oligarch

What is the plural of oligarch?
The plural of oligarch is oligarchs.
Is oligarch countable?
Oligarch is a countable noun.

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