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industrializer

industrializer noun: one who industrializes.

Noun

industrializer (plural industrializers)

  1. One who industrializes.
    • In 19th-century Japan, as well as in Germany, industrializers sought to avert the socialist inclinations of working classes by resorting to extreme repression or paternalism.2007 January 7, Stephen Kotkin, “Japan’s Retooling Is Distinctly Japanese”, in New York Times
    • [High-tariff Republican presidents of the 19th and early 20th centuries] oversaw America’s dramatic growth as an early industrializer and magnet for immigrants.2025 January 23, Laurent Belsie, “Globalization is over. Will Trump tariffs reset US-China rivalry?”, in The Christian Science Monitor

Forms of industrializer

pluralindustrializers
alternative formindustrialiser

Origin of industrializer

From industrialize + -er.

Questions about industrializer

What does industrializer mean?
Industrializer means one who industrializes.
What part of speech is industrializer?
Industrializer is a noun.
What is the plural of industrializer?
The plural of industrializer is industrializers.

Words near industrializer in the dictionary

  1. industrializable
  2. industrialization
  3. industrializations
  4. industrialize
  5. industrialized
  6. industrializer
  7. industrializers
  8. industrializes
  9. industrializing
  10. industrially
  11. industrialness

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