mercantilist
English edit
Etymology edit
mercantile + -ist
Adjective edit
mercantilist (comparative more mercantilist, superlative most mercantilist)
- Of, pertaining to, or believing in mercantilism.
- 2013 July 27, “Penury portrait”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8846:
- According to the mercantilist thinking that dominated European thought between the 16th and 18th centuries, poverty was socially useful. True, it was miserable for the poor. But it also kept the economic engine humming by ensuring the availability of plentiful cheap labour.
Hypernyms edit
Translations edit
mercantilistic — see mercantilistic
Noun edit
mercantilist (plural mercantilists)
- (economics) One who believes in mercantilism.
Translations edit
proponent of mercantilism
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French mercantiliste.
Noun edit
mercantilist m (plural mercantiliști)
Declension edit
Declension of mercantilist
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) mercantilist | mercantilistul | (niște) mercantiliști | mercantiliștii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) mercantilist | mercantilistului | (unor) mercantiliști | mercantiliștilor |
| vocative | mercantilistule | mercantiliștilor | ||