"commercialist" meaning in All languages combined

See commercialist on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: commercialists [plural]
Etymology: From commercial + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|commercial|ist}} commercial + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} commercialist (plural commercialists)
  1. Someone who engages in commerce.
    Sense id: en-commercialist-en-noun-WwxZNA0G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ist, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of People: 60 40
  2. Someone who supports commercial activity.
    Sense id: en-commercialist-en-noun-tFJ-2tin
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: commercialistic

Inflected forms

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