oligarchal, a.
(ˈɒlɪgɑːkəl)
[f. oligarch n. (or mod.L. oligarcha) + -al1.]
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| 1787 Glover Atheniad xiii. Poems (1810) 123/1 The whole defence, Our oligarchal tyrants have to boast, Are poor barbarians, scarce three hundred strong. 1826 in Hare Guesses Ser. i. (1873) 79 Close boroughs are said to be an oligarchal innovation on the ancient Constitution of England. |