plutocracy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: plutocracy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for plutocracy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plutocracy n a political system governed by the wealthy people
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plutocracy \Plutoc"racy\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] wealth + [?] to be strong, to rule, fr.[?] strength: cf. F. plutocratie.] A form of government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of the wealthy classes; government by the rich; also, a controlling or influential class of rich men.