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WILLIAM AVERELL HARRIMAN

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WILLIAM AVERELL HARRIMAN (noun)
  The noun WILLIAM AVERELL HARRIMAN has 1 sense:

1. United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986)play

  Familiarity information: WILLIAM AVERELL HARRIMAN used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


WILLIAM AVERELL HARRIMAN (noun)


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)


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