Antedating of "Plutocrat"

[Fred Shapiro]

plutocrat (OED 1850)

1841 _Times_ 23 Apr. 5  Conservatism ... is not the creed of the
aristocrat or the plutocrat, who regard the distinctions of rank, the
privileges of place, or the rights of property, as the things best worth
preserving.

Fred Shapiro


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