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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A supporter of capitalism.
  • noun An investor of capital in business, especially one having a major financial interest in an important enterprise.
  • noun A person of great wealth.
  • adjective Capitalistic.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who has capital; especially, a man of large property which is or may be employed in business.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who has capital; one who has money for investment, or money invested; esp. a person of large property, which is employed in business.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of, or pertaining to, capitalism.
  • adjective Supporting or endorsing capitalism.
  • noun A person who is a supporter of capitalism (Wikipedia).
  • noun An owner of (considerable amount of) capital (Wikipedia).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to capitalism or capitalists
  • adjective favoring or practicing capitalism
  • noun a conservative advocate of capitalism
  • noun a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)

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  • Someone who insists on using ALL CAPITAL LETTERS in email and the like.

    October 10, 2007

  • oh - i get it. then a socialist is someone who includes too many addressees in email and always sends Reply All.

    October 10, 2007

  • And an absurdist is someone who green sandwich in the TV studio under the stairs?

    October 10, 2007

  • "He was the head of the big Atlas Iron Works. They have shut down recently, you know. Not failed exactly, but just ceased to be a paying investment, and Cedarquist closed them out. He has other interests, though. He's a rich man--a capitalist."

    - Frank Norris, The Octopus, bk 2, ch. 1

    August 19, 2008