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capitalist

American  
[kap-i-tl-ist] / ˈkæp ɪ tl ɪst /

noun

  1. a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.

  2. an advocate of capitalism.

  3. a very wealthy person.

capitalist British  
/ ˈkæpɪtəlɪst /

noun

  1. a person who owns capital, esp capital invested in a business

  2. politics a supporter of capitalism

  3. informal a rich person

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adjective

  1. of or relating to capital, capitalists, or capitalism

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Other Word Forms

  • anticapitalist noun
  • capitalistic adjective
  • noncapitalist noun
  • precapitalist noun
  • procapitalist noun

Etymology

Origin of capitalist

First recorded in 1785–95; capital 1 + -ist

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