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HARRIMAN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States railway tycoon (1848-1909)

Synonyms:

E. H. Harriman; Edward Henry Harriman; Harriman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Averell Harriman; Harriman; William Averell Harriman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

diplomat; diplomatist (an official engaged in international negotiations)

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

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