Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

captain of industry

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.71 in modern English

Syllables: cap-tain of in-dus-try
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A prominent business person who owns, or is the highest-ranking executive of, one or more major firms, especially one who has considerable wealth and influence.

Example Sentences

"Plugson, who has indomitably spun Cotton merely to gain thousands of pounds . . . was a Captain of Industry, born member of the Ultimate genuine Aristocracy of this Universe, could he have known it!"
"Walter Bassett was the greatest captain of industry west of the Rockies, and was one of the small group that controlled the nation in everything but name."
"It was he who maneuvered a captain of industry, steelmaker Francis Mer, rather than a government mandarin into the finance minister's job."

Inflected Forms

captains of industry (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

industrialist

Synonyms

magnate tycoon merchant prince taipan robber baron

Questions

What does captain of industry mean?: A prominent business person who owns, or is the highest-ranking executive of, one or more major firms, especially one who has considerable wealth and influence.

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