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EZRA CORNELL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States businessman who unified the telegraph system in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White) founded Cornell University (1807-1874)
Synonyms:
Cornell; Ezra Cornell
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
businessman; man of affairs (a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive))
altruist; philanthropist (someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being)
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