Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cornelius_vanderbilt

1 sense of cornelius vanderbilt

Sense 1
Vanderbilt, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Commodore Vanderbilt -- (United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877))
       INSTANCE OF=> financier, moneyman -- (a person skilled in large scale financial transactions)
       INSTANCE OF=> philanthropist, altruist -- (someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being)