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Plutocrat   /plˈutəkrˌæt/   Listen
Plutocrat

noun
1.
Someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth.






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"Plutocrat" Quotes from Famous Books



... off from association with it. The same is true in a less degree of the lowest class. Party lines are vertical, not horizontal. Religious and intellectual lines are only less so. The politician cannot afford to ignore a single vote, and the working man's counts as much as the plutocrat's. There are few churches that do not have representatives of all classes, from the gilded pew-holder to the workman with dingy hands who sits under the gallery. The school is no respecter of class lines. The store, the street-car, and the railroad are all common ...
— Society - Its Origin and Development • Henry Kalloch Rowe

... you are playing around like a plutocrat. I wish I could sell cars. I wish I could do anything. Look here, you two. I wonder if you feel as ...
— The Trumpeter Swan • Temple Bailey

... we are!" chuckled Garry. "I, poor but honest, already in the toils of matrimony; and you, a plutocrat in sudden danger of a government investigation, I'm told, and hovering ...
— Then I'll Come Back to You • Larry Evans



Words linked to "Plutocrat" :   rich person, wealthy person, have



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