Question of the Day #792

What Is An Oligarch? Here’s What You Need To Know About Russia’s Billionaires

From the headline of this article at Forbes.

上記の文で、oligarchの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does “oligarch” mean?

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解答

意味：
RNN時事英語辞典によると、

寡頭政治の支配者、政治的影響力のある新興財閥、オリガルヒ（ロシア、ウクライナなど）

Answer

According to Lexico:

1. A ruler in an oligarchy.
2. (especially in Russia) a very rich business leader with a great deal of political influence.

語源

Lexicoによると、

17世紀初期のギリシア語のoligarkhes (oligoi “few” + arkein “to rule”)より。現在のロシアに対して使用され始めたのは、1990年代後半より。

Etymology

According to Lexico,

Early 17th century from Greek oligarkhēs, from oligoi ‘few’ + arkhein ‘to rule’. oligarch (sense 2) dates from the late 1990s.

Examples

• ‘it seems more than a coincidence that former employees, advisors, and allies of the billionaire oligarch have been parachuted into such positions’
• Of course, a tiny handful of oligarchs became billionaires overnight there in the 1980s. Times, Sunday Times (2016)
• The fate of the Dilbar, one of the world’s biggest yachts that the United States says belongs to the oligarch Alisher Usmanov, is unclear. — New York Times, 8 Mar. 2022
• Hanick worked for the oligarch from 2013 to 2017, the DOJ said. — Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2022
• Pitt has filed a lawsuit against Jolie for selling her stake in a French vineyard the two co-owned to a Russian oligarch. — Chris Morris, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2022

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