industrialist
noun
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Definition of industrialist
: one owning or engaged in the management of an industry : manufacturer
Examples of industrialist in a Sentence
a meeting of industrialists to discuss environmental issues
Recent Examples on the Web
The weakness of this show lies in its tendency to turn the Wilcox family, the cruel industrialists of Forster’s story, into stereotypical villains. — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, "Remy Bumppo’s ‘Howards End’ has great Schlegel sisters, but only villains around the table," 4 Sep. 2019 The wooden box that held her body was turned into walking sticks—the industrialist Andrew Carnegie got one. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "Wanted: The Missing Bones of a Scottish ‘Witch’," 3 Sep. 2019 Curators during the Lee years were lucky to be able to draw on the $34 million bequest left to the museum in 1958 by industrialist Leonard C. Hanna Jr., worth roughly $305 million today. — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, "Remembering Henry Hawley: Cleveland Museum of Art decorative arts curator with amazing eye for excellence," 25 Aug. 2019 David Hamilton Koch was born in 1940, the son of a tough industrialist father who pitted his sons against each other to toughen them up. — Philip Elliott, Time, "David Koch's Millions Remade the Republican Party. He Didn't Like the Results," 23 Aug. 2019 Costin is also a seventh-generation direct descendant of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the 19th century industrialist who became one of the richest men in history. — Ben Widdicombe, Town & Country, "Does Succession Get Tom and Shiv's Relationship Right? A Vanderbilt Says Yes.," 11 Aug. 2019 David Arnold Stuart Plastow was delivering a Vauxhall Velox to the Scottish Motor Show in 1957 when his journey as one of Britain’s leading industrialists began. — Giulia Petroni, WSJ, "David Plastow Steered Rolls-Royce to a Renaissance," 21 June 2019 The museum’s industrialist of the year honor is named for the city’s former mayor and recognizes and celebrates visionary business leaders. — baltimoresun.com, "Lifebridge CEO Neil Meltzer named industrialist of the year by Baltimore Museum of Inustry," 13 June 2019 In 1963 Newsweek magazine wanted to commission photographer Arnold Newman to take a picture of German industrialist Alfred Krupp. — Liesl Bradner, latimes.com, "Arnold Newman, father of the environmental portrait, is back in focus on 100th birthday," 13 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'industrialist.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for industrialist
industrialist
noun
English Language Learners Definition of industrialist
: someone who owns or manages an industry
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industrialist
noun
in·dus·tri·al·ist
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Kids Definition of industrialist
: a person who owns or engages in the management of an industry
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