English > financier: 2 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A person skilled in large scale financial transactions. |
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| Synonym | moneyman |
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| Instances | Baruch, Bernard Baruch, Bernard Mannes Baruch | Economic advisor to United States Presidents (1870-1965) |
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| Brady, James Buchanan Brady, Diamond Jim Brady, Diamond Jim | United States financier noted for his love of diamonds and his extravagant lifestyle (1856-1917) |
| Cooke, Jay Cooke | United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War |
| Cosimo de Medici, Cosimo the Elder | Italian financier and statesman and friend of the papal court (1389-1464) |
| Girard, Stephen Girard | United States financier (born in France) who helped finance the War of 1812 (1750-1831) |
| 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) |
| Gresham, Sir Thomas Gresham | English financier (1519-1579) |
| Harriman, Averell Harriman, William Averell Harriman | United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986) |
| 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) |
| Mellon, Andrew Mellon, Andrew W. Mellon, Andrew William Mellon | United States financier and philanthropist (1855-1937) |
| Morgan, J. P. Morgan, John Pierpont Morgan | United States financier and philanthropist (1837-1913) |
| Morris, Robert Morris | leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806) |
| Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes, Cecil J. Rhodes, Cecil John Rhodes | British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa |
| Salomon, Haym Salomon | American financier and American Revolutionary War patriot who helped fund the army during the American Revolution (1740?-1785) |
| Vanderbilt, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Commodore Vanderbilt | United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877) |
| Narrower | banker | A financier who owns or is an executive in a bank |
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| city man | A financier who works in one of the banks in the City of London |
| principal, dealer | The major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange |
| Broader | capitalist | A person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) |
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| Spanish | financiero, moneyman |
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| Catalan | financer, moneyman |
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| Verbs | financier | conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner |
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