captain of industry
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captain of industry
noun captains of industry
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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.
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!
Similar: magnate, tycoon, merchant prince, taipan, robber baron
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| Français | capitaine d'industrie |
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