plute
/pluːt/
plute noun: a plutocrat, especially a rich industrialist.
Noun
plute (plural plutes)
- A plutocrat, especially a rich industrialist.
- As a result, the plutes are in a panic.1909, Western Federation of Miners, Miner′s Magazine, page 95
- “Exactly what the plutes are doing,” said Mickey. “Gee, Junior, if your Pa does all the things he said he was going to, you'll be a plute yourself!”
- “Never heard him say anything in my life he didn′t do,” said Junior, “and didn′t you notice that he put you in too? You′ll be just as much of a plute as I will.”1915, Gene Stratton-Porter, Michael O′Halloran, 2006, Echo Library, page 224
Examples of plute in a sentence
- […]but then the prostitutes of the plute press are always cunning flunkeys of the Most High.1993, Frank Cain, The Wobblies at War: A History of the IWW and the Great War in Australia, page 180:
- No double-talking you like the plutes do, ’cause with them what you always have to be listening for is the opposite of what they say.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 104:
Forms of plute
| plural | plutes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | ploot |
Origin of plute
Shortened from plutocrat.
Words formed from plute
Words that rhyme with plute
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- cute
- moot
- overshoot
- recruit
- salute
- volute
- dispute
- impute
- pollute
- scoot
- snoot
- substitute
- chute
- depute
- dilute
- hoot
- loot
- pursuit
- reboot
- scute
- uproot
- Beirut
- cahoot
- Clute
- convolute
- lute
- zoot
- ablute
- Aleut
- argute
- astute
- beaut
- bruit
- compute
- coot
- doot
- en route
- glout
- jute
- minute
- newt
- poot
- refute
- repute
- resolute
- 'tute
- angel lute
- butte
Questions about plute
- What does plute mean?
- Plute means a plutocrat, especially a rich industrialist.
- How do you use plute in a sentence?
- […]but then the prostitutes of the plute press are always cunning flunkeys of the Most High.
- What part of speech is plute?
- Plute is a noun.
- How do you pronounce plute?
- Plute is pronounced /pluːt/.
- What is the plural of plute?
- The plural of plute is plutes.
Words near plute in the dictionary
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