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Rothschild|ˈrɒθstʃaɪld|
[Name of Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812) of Frankfurt, and his descendants, proprietors of an international banking firm.]
1. One who resembles a member of the Rothschild family in being exceptionally rich; a millionaire. Also in colloq. phr. to come the Rothschild: to pretend to be rich (see come v. 29 c).
1833Carlyle Sart. Res. i. v, in Fraser's Mag. VIII. 670/2 All miracles have been out-miracled for there are Rothschilds and English National Debts. 1850E. Ruskin Let. 18 Apr. in M. Lutyens Effie in Venice (1965) i. 167 We..called on Madame Chabrillan who is married to the Rothschild of the family. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola I. i. 74 The Bardi..[were] standing in the very front of European commerce—the Christian Rothschilds of that time. 1885H. James Little Tour in France xii. 92 Jacques Coeur..was a Vanderbilt or Rothschild of the fifteenth century. 1893W. S. Gilbert Utopia (Limited) i. 32 Though a Rothschild you may be..As a company you've come to utter sorrow. 1905Farmer & Henley Dict. Slang 111/2 To come the Rothschild, to pretend to be rich. 1910W. J. Locke Simon xvi. 221, I had wealth—not a Rothschild or Vanderbilt fortune but enough to assure me ease and luxury. 1938[see Rockefeller]. 1974J. Gardner Return of Moriarty 57 A relatively young whore, Mary Jane Kelly, who sometimes came the Rothschild about her past, calling herself Marie Jeannette Kelly.
2. as adj. See Mouton Rothschild. |