tycoonocrat
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
tycoonocrat (plural tycoonocrats)
- (colloquial, rare) plutocrat, oligarch.
- 1997 July 11, “The Fall Of a Russian Tycoonocrat”, in The Wall Street Journal Europe:
- 1998, Congressional Record, V. 144, Pt. 13, July 31, 1998 to September 8 1998, September 2 1998, p. 19411:
- Indonesia has been an exemplar of crony capitalism, and Russia has its tycoonocrats instead of the rule of law.
Usage notes[edit]
Particularly used of Russian oligarchs, in contrast with tycoonocracy, which is more often used of Hong Kong.