commercialist

English

Etymology

From commercial +‎ -ist.

Noun

commercialist (plural commercialists)

1. Someone who engages in commerce.
   • 1848, A Summary Practical Elucidation of National Economy‎^[1], page 16:

     To the more liberal education of commercialists, when compared with that of agriculturists, may justly be ascribed the commercial ascendancy over the agricultural community.

   • 1917, Ernest Guy Stevens, Civilized Commercialism‎^[2], page 149:

     Original as this system will seem to some, it will be but a codification of the best present practices of our best commercialists.

2. Someone who supports commercial activity.
   • 1988 October 7, Harold Henderson, “Saved Form the Sandsuckers”, in Chicago Reader‎^[3]:

     Both sides--the "commercialists" and the "conservationists"--blitzed with outside endorsements, tours, advertisements, fliers, newspaper articles, and radio and TV publicity.

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