Amalgamators

/əˈmælɡəˌmeɪtərz/ noun

Definition

Plural of amalgamator; multiple persons or devices that combine or blend different elements into unified wholes.

Etymology

From amalgamator plus standard English plural -s. Both singular and plural forms developed in technical and metaphorical contexts.

Kelly Says

Corporate 'amalgamators' in the Gilded Age of American business were powerful figures like J.P. Morgan, who specialized in combining competing companies—and they fundamentally reshaped the economy, creating the industrial trusts and monopolies that led to antitrust laws and the modern regulatory state.

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