HARRIMAN

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• HARRIMAN (noun)
  The noun HARRIMAN has 2 senses:

1. United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986)

2. United States railway tycoon (1848-1909)

  Familiarity information: HARRIMAN used as a noun is rare.

• HARRIMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Averell Harriman; Harriman; William Averell Harriman

Instance hypernyms:

diplomat; diplomatist (an official engaged in international negotiations)

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States railway tycoon (1848-1909)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

E. H. Harriman; Edward Henry Harriman; Harriman

Instance hypernyms:

businessman; man of affairs (a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive))