plutocrat

English

Etymology

pluto- +‎ -crat, after plutocracy, from Ancient Greek πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “wealth, riches”) + κράτος (krátos, “power, might”).

Noun

plutocrat (plural plutocrats)

Someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth.

Economocracy is government of the people, for the plutocrats, by their puppets.

Synonyms

oligarch
tycoonocrat (rare)

Related terms

Translations

someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth

Chinese:
Mandarin: 財閥 (zh), 财阀 (zh) (cáifá)
Czech: plutokrat m
Dutch: plutocraat
Esperanto: plutokrato
French: ploutocrate (fr) m
Georgian: პლუტოკრატი (ṗluṭoḳraṭi)

German: Plutokrat (de) m, Plutokratin f
Irish: maoinlathaí m
Japanese: 財閥 (ja) (ざいばつ, zaibatsu)
Korean: 재벌 (ko) (jaebeol) (財閥 (ko))
Portuguese: plutocrata m, f
Russian: плутокра́т (ru) m (plutokrát)

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