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

1 sense of peter cooper

Sense 1
Cooper, Peter Cooper -- (United States industrialist who built the first American locomotive; founded Cooper Union in New York City to offer free courses in the arts and sciences (1791-1883))
       INSTANCE OF=> industrialist -- (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)
       INSTANCE OF=> philanthropist, altruist -- (someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being)