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Noun: Rockefeller  'ró-ku,fe-lu(r)
  1. United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937)
    - John D. Rockefeller, John Davison Rockefeller

Derived forms: Rockefellers

Type of: altruist, industrialist, philanthrope [archaic], philanthropist

Encyclopedia: Rockefeller, Michael