Oligarchal

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Oligarchic, oligarchical. dated, not-comparable

    "The whole defence, / Our oligarchal tyrants have to boaſt, / Are poor Barbarians, ſcarce three hundred ſtrong, […]"

Example

More examples

"The whole defence, / Our oligarchal tyrants have to boaſt, / Are poor Barbarians, ſcarce three hundred ſtrong, […]"

Etymology

From oligarch + -al.

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