| 单词 | beef baron |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbeef baron b. A magnate in commerce, finance, or the like; a great merchant in a certain commodity, usually defined by a qualifying word, as beef baron, newspaper baron. (Cf. king n. 4c(b)) originally U.S.coal, media, oil baron, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > merchant > [noun] > wealthy merchant prince1760 baron1818 lord1821 magnate1850 1776 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 154 But the spirit of these Barons [sc. North Carolina gentry] is coming down, and it must submit.] 1818 Niles' Reg. 14 226/1 The name of a Jew and ‘rag-baron’ is synonimous. 1885 Cent. Mag. Sept. 804 Who is responsible for [the depression]?.. Is it the ‘silver barons’ or the ‘gold bugs’? 1888 N.Y. Life 18 Feb. 27/2 One of the ‘several times’ a millionaire lumber ‘Barons’ of Michigan. 1894 J. L. Ford Lit. Shop (1896) iv. 46 Magazine barons. 1904 ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages & Kings 4 A rubber prince, a sarsaparilla, indigo, and mahogany baron. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 20 Dec. 9/4 The American beef barons, Armour's, Swift's, and Morris, are..the greatest captains of commerce in any market. 1932 Ann. Reg. 1931 15 The ‘money barons’ were using the whole of their influence to restrict the raising of money for national development. 1932 P. G. Wodehouse Louder & Funnier 24 A couple of great film barons. 1947 J. Hayward Prose Lit. since 1939 47 Newspaper barons and film magnates have shown that it is not difficult to bend authors to their own desires. 1958 Listener 18 Dec. 1030/2 He became one of those barons who advance their fortunes under the slogan of National Trade. < as lemmas |
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