Robert Owen

Definitions of Robert Owen
  1. noun
    Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)
    synonyms: Owen
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    industrialist
    someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise
    crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer
    a person or group who pushes to improve an institution or system by changing it
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