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

2 senses of cornell

Sense 1
Cornell, Katherine Cornell -- (United States actress noted for her performances in Broadway plays (1893-1974))
       INSTANCE OF=> actress -- (a female actor)

Sense 2
Cornell, Ezra Cornell -- (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))
       INSTANCE OF=> businessman, man of affairs -- (a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive))
       INSTANCE OF=> philanthropist, altruist -- (someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being)