industrialist
noun
in·dus·tri·al·ist
in-ˈdə-strē-ə-list 
: one owning or engaged in the management of an industry : manufacturer
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a meeting of industrialists to discuss environmental issues
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Tim Lammers, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2025
Pearce, 57, plays wealthy industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren in writer-director Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist.
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Populism has pressed the claims of the less powerful against those of the landowners, the financiers, the industrialists and other species of elite.
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Tim Lammers, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2025
Pearce, 57, plays wealthy industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren in writer-director Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 16 Feb. 2025
Populism has pressed the claims of the less powerful against those of the landowners, the financiers, the industrialists and other species of elite.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 1 Feb. 2025
The ambitious industrialist has great plans for crime fighting and sees Peter’s Spidey powers as vital to his strategy.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 29 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for industrialist
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“Industrialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/industrialist. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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industrialist
noun
in·dus·tri·al·ist
in-ˈdəs-trē-ə-ləst
: an owner or manager of an industry : manufacturer
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