Dictionary

industrialist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English industrial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English industrialist From industrial + -ist.

Meanings

1. A person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise.
   • Brian Donlevy is a wealthy industrialist who survives an attempted murder when his wife's boyfriend is killed in a car crash. 2004, Douglas Pratt, Doug Pratt's DVD:
2. One who performs or enjoys industrial music.
   • Like a lot of second-wave industrialists, Skinny Puppy's attraction to rhythm wasn't consciously political, but based in the pleasure of making and moving to a beat; Key was, after all, a drummer. 2013, S. Alexander Reed, Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music, page 174:

Forms

Relateds

industrialism · executive · capitalist · C-suite

Translations (23)

ru промы́шленник (person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise) · fi teollisuudenharjoittaja (person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise) · ru промы́шленница (person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise) · te పారిశ్రామికవేత్త (person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise) · ja 実業家 (person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise) · ru предпринима́тельница (person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise) · gl industrialista (person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise) · tr sanayici (person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise) · uk промисло́вець (person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise) · cmn 實業家 /实业家 (person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise) · es industrialista (person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise) · pl przemysłowiec (person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise) · de Industrieller (person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise) · fa صنعتگر (person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise) · tl mangangalalang (person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise) · pt industrial (person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise) · cs průmyslník (person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise) · ca industrialista (person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise) · el βιομήχανος (person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise) · hi उद्योगपति (person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise) · fr industriel (person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise) · ru предпринима́тель (person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise) · mr उद्योगपती (person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise)