industrialist
pronunciation
How to pronounce industrialist in British English:
UK [ɪnˈdʌstriəlɪst]
How to pronounce industrialist in American English:
US [ɪnˈdʌstriəlɪst]
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- Noun:
- someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise
Word Origin
- industrialist (n.)
- 1846, from industrial + -ist. Perhaps modeled on French industrialiste (Saint-Simon, 1823). Earlier "one who makes a living by productive industry" (1837).
Example
- 1. The industrialist laughed scornfully . " Isn 't that laziness " ?
- 2. Industrial espionage is a " reality " in china , according to a leading french industrialist .
- 3. By contrast , the carnegie corporation explicitly set out to create a better world by giving away what remained of the great fortune of its industrialist founder , andrew carnegie .
- 4. In contrast to 18th century britain and 21st century china , the vote of a dispossessed indian peasant is worth the same as that of a would-be industrialist .
- 5. A german billionaire industrialist plagued by financial mayhem and struggling to rescue his business empire has killed himself , his family announced today .