tycoonocrat

English

Etymology

From tycoon +‎ -o- +‎ -crat.

Noun

tycoonocrat (plural tycoonocrats)

  1. (colloquial, rare) A plutocrat, an 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.

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