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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)
Familiarity information: WILLIAM AVERELL HARRIMAN used as a noun is very rare.
• 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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"Who does not go with you, go with him." (Arabic proverb)
"He who takes no chances wins nothing." (Danish proverb)