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HARRIMAN
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• HARRIMAN (noun)
The noun HARRIMAN has 2 senses:
1. United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986)
2. United States railway tycoon (1848-1909)
Familiarity information: HARRIMAN used as a noun is rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Averell Harriman; Harriman; William Averell Harriman
Instance hypernyms:
diplomat; diplomatist (an official engaged in international negotiations)
financier; moneyman (a person skilled in large scale financial transactions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States railway tycoon (1848-1909)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
E. H. Harriman; Edward Henry Harriman; Harriman
Instance hypernyms:
businessman; man of affairs (a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive))
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