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Webster 1913 Edition

(kăp′ĭ-tal-ĭst)

Noun.

[Cf. F.

capitaliste

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

The expenditure of the

capitalist

Burke.

Noun.

A man who has a capital or stock in trade, usually denoting a man of large property, which is or may be employed in business.