Commercialist
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone who engages in commerce.
"To the more liberal education of commercialists, when compared with that of agriculturists, may justly be ascribed the commercial ascendancy over the agricultural community."
- 2 Someone who supports commercial activity.
"Both sides--the "commercialists" and the "conservationists"--blitzed with outside endorsements, tours, advertisements, fliers, newspaper articles, and radio and TV publicity."
Example
More examples"To the more liberal education of commercialists, when compared with that of agriculturists, may justly be ascribed the commercial ascendancy over the agricultural community."
Etymology
From commercial + -ist.
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