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ROTHSCHILD
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• ROTHSCHILD (noun)
The noun ROTHSCHILD has 1 sense:
1. any of family of powerful Jewish bankers in Europe
Familiarity information: ROTHSCHILD used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of family of powerful Jewish bankers in Europe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
banker (a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank)
Context examples
Baron Rothschild's private secretary, a large-nosed Jew in tight boots, affably beamed upon the world, as if his master's name crowned him with a golden halo.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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