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noun
- a person who owns or is involved in the management of an industrial enterprise.
adjective
- of, relating to, or characterized by industrialism.
noun
- a person who has a substantial interest in the ownership or control of industrial enterprise
1846, from industrial + -ist. Cf. French industrialiste (Saint-Simon, 1823). Earlier “one who makes a living by productive industry” (1837).