FINANCIER

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 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

  Familiarity information: FINANCIER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FINANCIER (noun)

Sense 1

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"):

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)

banker (a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank)

Instance hyponyms:

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

Haym Salomon; Salomon (American financier and American Revolutionary War patriot who helped fund the army during the American Revolution (1740?-1785))

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))

Morris; Robert Morris (leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806))

J. P. Morgan; John Pierpont Morgan; Morgan (United States financier and philanthropist (1837-1913))

Andrew Mellon; Andrew W. Mellon; Andrew William Mellon; Mellon (United States financier and philanthropist (1855-1937))

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))

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))

Derivation:

financier (conduct financial operations)

• FINANCIER (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Conduct financial operations

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

Derivation:

financier (a person skilled in large scale financial transactions)

 Context examples 

It was, indeed, our friend the financier.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A short railway journey and a shorter walk brought us to Fairbank, the modest residence of the great financier.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)