Meanings
plural Bollygarchs
- informalAn Indian oligarch or billionaire.
The Bollygarchs' magic mix.
2011, The Economist2 more examples
Getting into politics will cost you: India's Election Commission estimates the cost of fighting a seat is twenty- five million rupees. Only cricketers and Bollygarchs can afford that.
2013 June 6, Bloomsbury Publishing, The Authors XI: A Season of English Cricket from Hackney to Hambledon, A&C Black, →ISBNThe Indian "Bollygarchs" became a transnational oligarchy, investing in real estate in London, New York, and Singapore, along with Chinese and Russian plutocrats.
2020 December 21, Philip McMichael, Heloise Weber, Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective, SAGE Publications, →ISBN
Origin
Blend of Bollywood + oligarch. Compare boligarch.
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Bollygarch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bollygarch
“Bollygarch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bollygarch. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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