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Noun: Carnegie  kaa(r)-nu-gee or kaa(r)'ne-gee or kaa(r)'ney-gee
  1. United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts (1835-1919)
    - Andrew Carnegie
     
  2. United States educator famous for writing a book about how to win friends and influence people (1888-1955)
    - Dale Carnegie

Type of: altruist, educator, industrialist, pedagog [US], pedagogue, philanthrope [archaic], philanthropist

Encyclopedia: Carnegie, Oklahoma