financialistn.
/fᵻˈnanʃl̩ɪst/, /fʌɪˈnanʃl̩ɪst/, U.S. /fᵻˈnæn(t)ʃələst/, /faɪˈnæn(t)ʃələst/ A financier (financier n. 2); a person employed in or associated with the finance industry; (now chiefly depreciative) one regarded as profiteering or dishonest.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > [noun] > one who has charge of or manages money > one who manages public money
financier1601
man of finance1701
financialist1831
financian1840
financist1846
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > [noun] > money-dealer > capitalist or financier
money-master1577
moneyed mana1593
financier1601
fooker1607
fowker1630
man of finance1701
moneyed interest1711
capitalist1774
fundlord1821
financialist1831
financian1840
financist1846
capitalizer1874
player1934
1831 Newcastle Courant 22 Jan. They proposed a measure.., but it was strenuously opposed by some of the ablest financialists of the house.
1884 Truth 4 Sept. 374/2 Certain great cosmopolitan financialists who hold large amounts of Unified Bonds.
1900 Chicago Banker Feb. 120 Ministers..have allowed themselves to become the humble servants of the shadiest and greediest crew of financialists that ever confederated together to plunder.
1975 Daily Tel. 28 Sept. 30/6 Mr. Benn was worried that the complete failure of Labour to get any of its policies adopted over the past 20 years had left the working class disillusioned and susceptible to the allurement of a sinister trio—‘the monetarists, financialists and racialists’.
2016 @DisparatePost 23 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 30 Nov. 2021) The EU, in my opinion, has lost its way. It is now firmly in the grip of financialists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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