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    FINANCIER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A person skilled in large scale financial transactionsplay

    Synonyms:

    financier; moneyman

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    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"):

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

    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)

    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)

     II. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Conduct financial operationsplay

    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)

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