coal baron
Fuel industry mogul
A coal baron is a wealthy industrialist who made a fortune from coal mining, typically referring to American magnates of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The term carries connotations of ruthless business practices, labor exploitation, and political influence: The coal barons fought bitterly against unionization.
It's sometimes used more loosely for anyone who profits enormously from fossil fuel extraction.
- tycoonDominant industrial leader
- magnateWealthy business leader
- captains of industryPowerful business magnates
- industrialistMajor manufacturing business owner
- miningExtracting earth's resources
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- Mining Heritagecolliery, mining town, mining settlement, mining camp, pithead
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- mininggold, mines, gold mines, mine, oil
- Coal Miningminers, underground mines, colliery, strip mining, underground
coal baroncoal miner
Underground fuel extractor
collier · mineworker · laborer · wage earner · proletarian
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