Rockefeller
['rɔkifelə]
Definition
(noun.) United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937).
Edited by Jonathan--From WordNet
Examples
- Anybody can take a fling at poor old Mr. Rockefeller, but the great mass of average citizens (to which none of us belongs) must be left in undisturbed possession of its prejudices. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- And of our misuse of the Rockefellers and Carnegies--the retrospect is appalling. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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