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industrialists

industrialists is the plural of industrialist.

Meaning of industrialist

Noun

industrialist (plural industrialists)

  1. A person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise.
    • Brian Donlevy is a wealthy industrialist who survives an attempted murder when his wife's boyfriend is killed in a car crash.2004, Douglas Pratt, Doug Pratt's DVD
  2. One who performs or enjoys industrial music.
    • Like a lot of second-wave industrialists, Skinny Puppy's attraction to rhythm wasn't consciously political, but based in the pleasure of making and moving to a beat; Key was, after all, a drummer.2013, S. Alexander Reed, Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music, page 174

Questions about industrialists

What is industrialists the plural of?
Industrialists is the plural of industrialist.

Words near industrialists in the dictionary

  1. industrialises
  2. industrialising
  3. industrialism
  4. industrialisms
  5. industrialist
  6. industrialists
  7. industrializable
  8. industrialization
  9. industrializations
  10. industrialize
  11. industrialized

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