industrialist

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noun

A person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise.

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Meanings

nounindustrialist (plural industrialists)

plural industrialists

  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. entertainmentOne 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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
capitalist

Origin

From industrial + -ist.

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Translations

Catalan industrialista
  • industrialistaperson involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise
Chinese Mandarin 實業家 /实业家
  • 實業家 /实业家 (shíyèjiā)person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise
Czech průmyslník
  • průmyslníkperson involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise
Finnish teollisuudenharjoittaja
  • teollisuudenharjoittajaperson involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise
French industriel
  • industrielperson involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise
German Industrieller
  • Industriellerperson involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise
Greek βιομήχανος
  • βιομήχανος (viomíchanos)person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise
Hindi उद्योगपति
  • उद्योगपति (udyogapti)person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise
Japanese 実業家
  • 実業家 (jitsugyōka)person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise
Persian صنعتگر
  • صنعتگر (san'at-gar)person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise
Polish przemysłowiec
  • przemysłowiecperson involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise
Portuguese industrial
  • industrialperson involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise
Russian промы́шленник, промы́шленница
  • промы́шленник (promýšlennik)person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise
  • промы́шленница (promýšlennica)person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise
  • предпринима́тель (predprinimátelʹ)person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise
  • предпринима́тельница (predprinimátelʹnica)person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise
Spanish industrialista
  • industrialistaperson involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise
Tagalog mangangalalang
  • mangangalalangperson involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise
Turkish sanayici
  • sanayiciperson involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise
Ukrainian промисло́вець
  • промисло́вець (promyslóvecʹ)person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise
Cite this entry
APA

industrialist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/industrialist

MLA

“industrialist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/industrialist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “industrialist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/industrialist.

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