Commodore Vanderbilt

Commodore Vanderbilt
noun
United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877)
Instance Hypernyms: ↑financier, ↑moneyman, ↑philanthropist, ↑altruist

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