industrialist

American  

[in-duhs-tree-uh-list] / ɪnˈdʌs tri ə lɪst /

noun

1. a person who owns or is involved in the management of an industrial enterprise.

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or characterized by industrialism.

industrialist British  

/ ɪnˈdʌstrɪəlɪst /

noun

1. a person who has a substantial interest in the ownership or control of industrial enterprise

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Etymology

Origin of industrialist

First recorded in 1860–65; industrial + -ist

Example Sentences

For decades engineers, architects, futurists, industrialists, investors and politicians have been pining for a better, faster and cheaper way to build homes.

From Los Angeles Times

A century ago, Henry Ford set an example that other major industrialists would follow, when he cut working hours for staff in his car factories and adopted a 40-hour, five-day week.

From BBC

Slater’s Mill became both a moneymaking success and an example for other American industrialists.

From Barron's

The novel is a study of contrasts, providing two perspectives on the wintry world—the view of Danish industrialists and the haunted and hunted perspective of native Greenlanders.

From The Wall Street Journal

When industrialist Henry Frick moved to break the union at Carnegie’s Homestead, Pa., plant in July 1892, skilled workers resisted.

From The Wall Street Journal