See Also: oligarch(1)(dictionary)
oligarch(2)(dictionary)
oligarch(dictionary)

dia-(1) (iou) and oligarch (oh)


dia-(1) (iou)



dia- prefix1. See also DI-3.
[Greek from dia (preposition) through.]
Used in words of Greek origin, and in English formations modelled on them, with the senses 'through', as diaphanous, 'across', as diameter, 'transversely' as diaheliotropic, 'apart' as diaeresis.

oligarch (oh)



a member of a small group of people who run a country or organization
-- oligarchic /7ClZ5gB:kIk ?@ 7B:lZ5gB:r-/ adj