industrialist
/ˌɪndˈʌstɹiəlɪst/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise.
noun
One who performs or enjoys industrial music.
Example Sentences
- "Brian Donlevy is a wealthy industrialist who survives an attempted murder when his wife's boyfriend is killed in a car crash."
- "Like a lot of second-wave industrialists, Skinny Puppy's attraction to rhythm wasn't consciously political, but based in the pleasure of making and moving to a beat; Key was, after all, a drummer."
Etymology
Etymology tree English industrial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English industrialist From industrial + -ist.