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Rockefeller   /rˈɑkəfˌɛlər/   Listen
Rockefeller

noun
1.
United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937).  Synonyms: John D. Rockefeller, John Davison Rockefeller.



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"Rockefeller" Quotes from Famous Books



... talented tends to prevent the opening of a chasm of hatred between capital and labor, though it must be admitted that the warfare of capital and labor in the States was developing in the era when Rockefeller and Carnegie were lifting themselves from penury to ...
— The Canadian Commonwealth • Agnes C. Laut
... of March 30, 1912, the "Appeal to Reason," then the leading Socialist weekly of the United States, declared that under Socialism John D. Rockefeller would be allowed to retain his money and decide what to do with it. Were this the case, and every person of wealth allowed to retain his money, it is difficult to see how Socialists who hate and detest the rich ...
— The Red Conspiracy • Joseph J. Mereto


Words linked to "Rockefeller" :   altruist, industrialist, philanthropist


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