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noun (oligarch, ies)
  1. A government] by only a few, often the wealthy.
  2. Those who make up an oligarchic government.
  3. A state ruled by such a government.
Etymology: From oligarchieFrench, oligarchie < oligarchiaLatin, oligarchia < Ancient Greek (polytonic, á) (oligarchia) < (polytonic, á) (oligos) "few" + (polytonic, á) (archÄ) "rule".

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