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capitalist
[kap-i-tl-ist]
noun
a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
an advocate of capitalism.
a very wealthy person.
capitalist
/ ˈæɪəɪ /
noun
a person who owns capital, esp capital invested in a business
politics a supporter of capitalism
informala rich person
adjective
of or relating to capital, capitalists, or capitalism
Other Word Forms
- anticapitalist noun
- noncapitalist noun
- precapitalist noun
- procapitalist noun
- ˌ辱ٲˈپ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of capitalist1
Example Sentences
Here, Cheshire cats and mad hatters have been bumped for odd shopkeepers and pot-smoking venture capitalists.
“ are you fine capitalists selling?” he asks them.
“Sounds like he’s exploiting you,” Zero says, “making you jump through his hoops for his own ego and personal gain … It’s what these capitalists do.”
Arguing that performers, like everyone else, are a product of their times, Shergill says these impulses are "a response to the hyper capitalist world".
And they are developing pricing strategies based on reducing the need for labor, said Michael Yang, a venture capitalist at OMERS.
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