Definition of "capitalist" []

• A supporter of capitalism. (noun)
• An investor of capital in business, especially one having a major financial interest in an important enterprise. (noun)
• A person of great wealth. (noun)
• Capitalistic. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "For Mao, however, the term capitalist was used to describe anyone he disliked, many of whom had little or no property."
• "The term capitalist revolution is being used in this context to denote and elucidate the emergence and the taking root of trade liberalization and fiscal decentralization in China."
• "CA: You started talking in recent years about this term capitalist philanthropy."