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nouna person skilled in large scale financial transactions
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verbconduct financial operations
Definition that contains financier
- morgan United States financier and philanthropist (1837-1913)
- banker a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank
- brady United States financier noted for his love of diamonds and his extravagant lifestyle (1856-1917)
- 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)
- hopkins United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873)
- 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)
- salomon American financier and American Revolutionary War patriot who helped fund the army during the American Revolution (1740?-1785)
- 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)
- girard United States financier (born in France) who helped finance the War of 1812 (1750-1831)
- vanderbilt United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877)