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Definition of Rockefeller

1. Noun. United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937).

Definition of Rockefeller

1. Proper noun. (surname A=An American from=German) ¹

2. Noun. A very rich person. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Rockefeller

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"From that date the wealth of the company and of John D. Rockefeller grew by ... About 1900 Mr. Rockefeller began to turn his great business over more and ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"From that date the wealth of the company and of John П. Rockefeller grew by ... About 1900 Mr. Rockefeller began to turn his great business over more and ..."

3. The History of the Standard Oil Company by Ida Minerva Tarbell (1904)
"CHAPTER FOUR "AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE" Rockefeller AND HIS PARTY NOW PROPOSE AN OPEN ... This feeling was still keen when Mr. Rockefeller and several of his ..."

4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"Morgan—Rockefeller—Carnegie; a digest of thcir testimony before the Industrial relations commission. Harp W 60:183-4 F 30 '15 Portrait. ..."

5. The American Library Annual: Including Index to Dates of Current Events (1915)
"Ap 30 Armed deputy sheriffs reinforce private guards on Rockefeller estate, ... Tarrytown, NY Je 13 Police charge IWW crowd who denounce Rockefeller. ..."

6. Famous Living Americans, with Portraits edited by Mary Griffin Webb, Edna Lenore Webb (1914)
"For considerably more than a quarter of a century Rockefeller and the Rockefeller fortune have been under suspicion. Both have been assailed with relentless ..."

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