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captains of industry

captains of industry is the plural of captain of industry.

Meaning of captain of industry

Noun

captain of industry (plural captains of industry)

  1. A prominent business person who owns, or is the highest-ranking executive of, one or more major firms, especially one who has considerable wealth and influence.
    • Plugson, who has indomitably spun Cotton merely to gain thousands of pounds . . . was a Captain of Industry, born member of the Ultimate genuine Aristocracy of this Universe, could he have known it!1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. X”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk)

Questions about captains of industry

What is captains of industry the plural of?
Captains of industry is the plural of captain of industry.

Words near captains of industry in the dictionary

  1. captainry
  2. captains
  3. Captains Flat
  4. captains general
  5. Captains Obvious
  6. captains of industry
  7. captains regent
  8. captainship
  9. captainships
  10. captan
  11. captation

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