Associations to the word «Oligarch»

Wiktionary

OLIGARCH, noun. A member of an oligarchy, someone who is part of a small group that runs a country.
OLIGARCH, noun. (chiefly Russia) A very rich person, particularly with political power; a plutocrat.
OLIGARCH, noun. (cosmogony) A protoplanet formed during oligarchic accretion.

Dictionary definition

OLIGARCH, noun. One of the rulers in an oligarchy.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats