| English Dictionary |
COMMODORE VANDERBILT
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
| IPA (US): |  |
• COMMODORE VANDERBILT (noun)
The noun COMMODORE VANDERBILT has 1 sense:
1. United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877)
Familiarity information: COMMODORE VANDERBILT used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
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)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Misery loves company." (English proverb)
"A mad man drops a rock into water well, so that thousand wise men can not take it out." (Azerbaijani proverb)
"He who walks slowly arrives first." (Arabic proverb)
"Anyone who lives will know trying times." (Corsican proverb)
"A mad man drops a rock into water well, so that thousand wise men can not take it out." (Azerbaijani proverb)
"He who walks slowly arrives first." (Arabic proverb)
"Anyone who lives will know trying times." (Corsican proverb)