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GIRARD
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• GIRARD (noun)
The noun GIRARD has 1 sense:
1. United States financier (born in France) who helped finance the War of 1812 (1750-1831)
Familiarity information: GIRARD used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States financier (born in France) who helped finance the War of 1812 (1750-1831)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Girard; Stephen Girard
Instance hypernyms:
financier; moneyman (a person skilled in large scale financial transactions)
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