industrialist
Americannoun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of industrialist
First recorded in 1860–65; industrial + -ist
Example Sentences
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The November 2024 indictment in New York accused the industrialist and multiple subordinates of deliberately misleading international investors as part of a vast bribery scheme.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Then there was Frank Jay Gould, the son of the industrialist Jay Gould, and Frank’s wife, Florence, who, Mr. Harding tells us, “was believed to have worked with members of German military intelligence.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
Kinloch Castle was built between 1897 and 1900 as a hunting lodge for Lancastrian industrialist George Bullough, who had it luxuriously furnished.
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025
Farben; and industrialist Günther Quandt, who was also, oddly enough, the former husband of Goebbels' wife Magda.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2025
Samuel W. Westing, the mysterious industrialist who disappeared thirteen years ago, was found dead in his Westingtown mansion last night.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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