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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Capitalist

/(kăp"ĭ*tal*ĭst)/ · Cap·i·tal·ist · IPA /ˈkæp.ɪ.tə.lɪst/
01 n. One who has capital; one who has money for investment, or money invested; esp. a person of large property, which is employed in business.
  1. 1.
    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.