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CORNELIUS VANDERBILT

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• CORNELIUS VANDERBILT (noun)
The noun CORNELIUS VANDERBILT has 1 sense:

1. United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877)

Familiarity information: CORNELIUS VANDERBILT used as a noun is very rare.

• CORNELIUS VANDERBILT (noun)

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Cornelius Vanderbilt ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Commodore Vanderbilt; Cornelius Vanderbilt; Vanderbilt

Instance hypernyms:

financier; moneyman (a person skilled in large scale financial transactions)

altruist; philanthropist (someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being)

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