Definition of Rothschild

1. Noun. Any of family of powerful Jewish bankers in Europe.

Generic synonyms: Banker

Definition of Rothschild

1. Noun. A very rich person. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rothschild

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Roth
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Roth-Bernhardt disease
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Rothbardian
Rothbardians
Rothera's nitroprusside test
Rothia
Rothko
Rothschild (current term)
Rothschilds
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Rotterdam
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Rouget's bulb
Rouget's muscle
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Rouget-Neumann sheath
Rouget cell

Literary usage of Rothschild

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

1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"Rothschild applied for the Chiltern Hundreds, and, coming forward again, ... On his withdrawal the attorney-general moved that Rothschild should be heard at ..."

2. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United by George Edward Cokayne (1895)
"worth, Midz., and waa sometime senior partner of the bouge of Rothschild in London, of wbich city be was пишу years(a) Ml'.) by Charlotte, da. of Baron ..."

3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1850)
"And Rothschild, seated upon his barrow, said to himself—"Of a verity, here are Christian gentlemen dealing with an oath, even as certain of the fallen of my ..."

4. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1907)
"... melanotis Rothschild and HARTERT, Novit. Zool., vi, 1899, 145, part (Wenman I.): ... middle toe, 20.5-21 (20.8).6 "Rothschild, in original description. ..."

5. Bulletin by United States National Museum (1902)
"CERTHIDEA BECKI Rothschild. WENMAN ISLAND CERTHIDEA. ... 1 No. 116103, coll. US Nat. Mus. ä Description adapted from Rothschild and Martert. ..."

6. The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research: The Actual by Josephus Nelson Larned, Augustus Hunt Shearer (1922)
"Rothschild not only bought It but a little later conveyed it to the British Commander in Portugal, Sir Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington, ..."

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