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GOULD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States financier who gained control of the Erie Canal and who caused a financial panic in 1869 when he attempted to corner the gold market (1836-1892)
Synonyms:
Gould; Jay Gould
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
financier; moneyman (a person skilled in large scale financial transactions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States paleontologist and popularizer of science (1941-2002)
Synonyms:
Gould; Stephen Jay Gould
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
fossilist; palaeontologist; paleontologist (a specialist in paleontology)