English Explanatory Dictionary

golden billion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The world's richest billion people, maintained by an indefinite elite which supposedly pulls strings to amass wealth and destroy regular people’s lives.

Word forms

golden billion golden billions

Etymology

Calque of Russian золото́й миллиа́рд (zolotój milliárd).

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