FINANCIER
Dictionary entry overview: What does financier mean?
• FINANCIER (noun)
The noun FINANCIER has 1 sense:
1. a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
Familiarity information: FINANCIER used as a noun is very rare.
• FINANCIER (verb)
The verb FINANCIER has 1 sense:
1. conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner
Familiarity information: FINANCIER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FINANCIER (noun)
Meaning:
A person skilled in large scale financial transactions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
financier; moneyman
Hypernyms ("financier" is a kind of...):
capitalist (a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "financier"):
banker (someone who owns or is an executive in a bank)
city man (a financier who works in one of the banks in the City of London)
dealer; principal (the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account)
Instance hyponyms:
Hopkins; Johns Hopkins (United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873))
Andrew Mellon; Andrew W. Mellon; Andrew William Mellon; Mellon (United States financier and philanthropist (1855-1937))
J. P. Morgan; John Pierpont Morgan; Morgan (United States financier and philanthropist (1837-1913))
Morris; Robert Morris (leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806))
Cecil J. Rhodes; Cecil John Rhodes; Cecil Rhodes; Rhodes (British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902))
Haym Salomon; Salomon (American financier and American Revolutionary War patriot who helped fund the army during the American Revolution (1740?-1785))
Averell Harriman; Harriman; William Averell Harriman (United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986))
Gresham; Sir Thomas Gresham (English financier (1519-1579))
Gould; Jay Gould (United States financier who gained control of the Erie Canal and who caused a financial panic in 1869 when he attempted to corner the gold market (1836-1892))
Girard; Stephen Girard (United States financier (born in France) who helped finance the War of 1812 (1750-1831))
Cosimo de Medici; Cosimo the Elder (Italian financier and statesman and friend of the papal court (1389-1464))
Cooke; Jay Cooke (United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War; the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905))
Brady; Diamond Jim; Diamond Jim Brady; James Buchanan Brady (United States financier noted for his love of diamonds and his extravagant lifestyle (1856-1917))
Baruch; Bernard Baruch; Bernard Mannes Baruch (economic advisor to United States Presidents (1870-1965))
Commodore Vanderbilt; Cornelius Vanderbilt; Vanderbilt (United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877))
• FINANCIER (verb)
Meaning:
Conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "financier" is one way to...):
operate; run (direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
