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JAY COOKE
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• JAY COOKE (noun)
The noun JAY COOKE has 1 sense:
1. United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War; the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905)
Familiarity information: JAY COOKE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War; the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Cooke; Jay Cooke
Instance hypernyms:
financier; moneyman (a person skilled in large scale financial transactions)
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