how to pronounce oligarch

/ˈoʊlɪˌɡɑːɹk/

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oligarch is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of oligarch in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… floyd mayweather a russian oligarch and …”

meanings of oligarch

noun:

A protoplanet formed during oligarchic accretion.
A very rich person, particularly with political power; a plutocrat.
A member of an oligarchy; someone who is part of a small group that runs a country.

oligarch frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word oligarch occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics oligarch can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that oligarch can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;