Capitalist
a person who has , especially extensive , invested in business enterprises.
an advocate of .
a very wealthy person.
Contemporary Examples
When industry and farming were nationalized post-1917, it wasn’t a good time to be a capitalist.
An Oscar Winner’s Secret History Henry Louis Gates, Jr. October 13, 2010
In South Korea, she also reported on North Korean defectors and their adjustment into capitalist Seoul.
Is a GED More Valuable Than a PhD? Kai Ma January 12, 2009
Positive thinking is Puritanism with a capitalist face, she believes.
Why Are You So Damn Happy? Megan Hustad October 14, 2009
The Silicon Valley tech firms tend to be every bit as cutthroat and greedy as any capitalist enterprise before it.
Silicon Valley’s Giants Are Just Gilded Age Tycoons in Techno-Utopian Clothes Joel Kotkin April 24, 2014
Apart from a silly 200th birthday, a clue to why Boz matters is how well he fleshes out our capitalist world.
Charles Dickens Bicentenary: Why We Should Care Jimmy So February 6, 2012
Historical Examples
The fundamental error of this system of economic organization was soon found to be desirable by the capitalist class.
The I.W.W. Paul Frederick Brissenden
Did he want Moore to tell them that he was a capitalist found out and punished?
The Prisoner Alice Brown
Mind you also that this applies just as much to the man who is working for wages as to the capitalist and every owner of property.
Fundamentals of Prosperity Roger W. Babson
The explorer of the capitalist syndicate was still enthusiastic.
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard Joseph Conrad
The settler who carried out labour, found his servant desert him to occupy land acquired by the capitalist who carried out money.
The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2) John West
noun
a person who owns capital, esp capital invested in a business
(politics) a supporter of capitalism
(informal) generally (derogatory) a rich person
adjective
of or relating to capital, capitalists, or capitalism
n.
1791, “man of money,” from French capitaliste, a coinage of the Revolution and a term of reproach; see capital (n.1) + -ist. Related: Capitalistic.
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