JAY COOKE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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)

Synonyms:

Cooke; Jay Cooke

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

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

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