industrialist

noun

in·​dus·​tri·​al·​ist in-ˈdə-strē-ə-list How to pronounce industrialist (audio)
: 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
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Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries, arrives to pay his last respect to Indian industrialist Ratan Tata at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) ahead of its cremation in Mumbai on October 10, 2024. Ryan Browne, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025 The trips gave the industrialists a chance to discuss business and eventually reach the conclusion that the U.S. needed its own source of rubber. David Fischer, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025 Located on the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 70th Street opposite Central Park, the museum is housed in a spectacular Gilded Age mansion, once the home of industrialist, financier, and art collector Henry Clay Frick. Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025 Also, known as Whitehall, the neoclassical Beaux Arts structure named after American industrialist Henry Morrison Flagler and located in Palm Beach, Florida, was modeled after grand European palaces of the Renaissance and Baroque eras. Noreen Kompanik, Boston Herald, 3 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for industrialist

Word History

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of industrialist was in 1839

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“Industrialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/industrialist. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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industrialist

noun
in·​dus·​tri·​al·​ist in-ˈdəs-trē-ə-ləst How to pronounce industrialist (audio)
: an owner or manager of an industry : manufacturer

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