capitalist
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.1cap·i·tal·ist
noun \-ist\Definition of CAPITALIST
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: a person who favors capitalism
See Examples of CAPITALIST
- <capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash>
First Known Use of CAPITALIST
1781
Related to CAPITALIST
- Synonyms
- Croesus, deep pocket, fat cat, have, money, moneybags, plutocrat, silk stocking
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2capitalist
adjective \ˌka-pə-tə-ˈlis-tik, ˌkap-tə-, British also kə-ˌpi-tə-\Definition of CAPITALIST
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: owning capital <the capitalist class>
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a : practicing or advocating capitalism <capitalist nations> b : marked by capitalism <capitalist period of history>
— cap·i·tal·is·ti·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
Variants of CAPITALIST
capitalist or cap·i·tal·is·tic \ˌka-pə-tə-ˈlis-tik, ˌkap-tə-, British also kə-ˌpi-tə-\
First Known Use of CAPITALIST
1845
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