Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who advocates nationalization, as of land, rail ways, etc Also spoiled nationaliser.

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  • noun One who, or that which, nationalizes.

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Examples

  • And Geithner can relax, knowing nobody can call him a bank nationalizer or closet socialist.

    Benjamin R. Barber: Geithner Loves the Market so Give him Banking Vouchers 2009

  • Surely, our current Commander In Chief -- Comrade Bush, the great nationalizer -- has proven that this is the height of lunacy.

    Michael B. Laskoff: $1 Trillion Bailout and The Medal of Freedom 2008

  • This value the land nationalizer contends is not created by the owner.

    Liberalism 1896

  • The land-nationalizer, looking at rights of property purely from the point of view of the individual, denies the justice of this arrangement, and he sees no solution except this -- that the monopoly value should pass back to the community which creates it.

    Liberalism 1896

  • Dealer, wisher for a single payor option, nationalizer of General Motors and Chrysler, promoter of the most liberal of union causes, and yet he is not a liberal because some of his programs have not passed and he is reaching compromise on others.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2011

  • Dealer, wisher for a single payor option, nationalizer of General Motors and Chrysler, promoter of the most liberal of union causes, and yet he is not a liberal because some of his programs have not passed and he is reaching compromise on others.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2011

  • Dealer, wisher for a single payor option, nationalizer of General Motors and Chrysler, promoter of the most liberal of union causes, and yet he is not a liberal because some of his programs have not passed and he is reaching compromise on others.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • As one sign asked of health-care nationalizer Obama at a Wyoming Tea Party, MEDICARE IS GOING BROKE, MEDICAID IS GOING BROKE, AND YOU WANT US TO BELIEVE WHAT?

    Bracing Brew Myron Magnet 2010

  • As one sign asked of health-care nationalizer Obama at a Wyoming Tea Party, MEDICARE IS GOING BROKE, MEDICAID IS GOING BROKE, AND YOU WANT US TO BELIEVE WHAT?

    Bracing Brew Myron Magnet 2010

  • As one sign asked of health-care nationalizer Obama at a Wyoming Tea Party, MEDICARE IS GOING BROKE, MEDICAID IS GOING BROKE, AND YOU WANT US TO BELIEVE WHAT?

    Bracing Brew Myron Magnet 2010

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