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Definition: Rockefeller |
RockefellerNoun1. United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Rockefeller" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1901. (references) |
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Biographical Satire | ROCKEFELLER, John D., an American who endeavored to drive his camel through the eye of a needle by giving advice, building churches and colleges, and squeezing competitors. Like all millionaires, he was born penniless. R. worked hard, helped the missions out of his $3 a week, married, and purchased some oil fields. He struck oil. He made it in a trust. Then he began purchasing colleges to keep young men out of business. As his wealth increased his stomach and hair wore out. Could make seven people dizzy thinking of his money. Spent the latter portion of his life dodging subpoenae servers, and doubling his fortune by the dissolution of his business. Ambition: More churches, colleges, and less competition. Also another Supreme Court decision. Recreation: Golf, the coiffeurs, and telling young men of the futility of competition. Address: Courts and church. Clubs: Y. M. C. A., when he can spare the time from his legal and congressional investigations. ROCKEFELLER, John D., Jr., the little Rockefeller who will have the fun of spending it. He was a good boy, and told other young men how fortunate they were in being born poor and all about the fungus which grows on the root of all evil. Never knew what a good time he could have with his Dad's coin in Paris. Ambition: To be like father. Recreation: Sunday school. Occupation: Forming new trusts and enlarging the old ones. Clubs: Y. M. C.A. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
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Synonyms: RockefellerSynonyms: John D. Rockefeller (n), John Davison Rockefeller (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: Rockefeller Foundation (general), Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (medicine). |
Crosswords: Rockefeller |
| English words defined with "Rockefeller": John D. Rockefeller, John Davison Rockefeller ♦ oysters Rockefeller. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Rockefeller": CROESUS ♦ hog ♦ riches, ROCKEFELLER. (references) |
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Screenplays | I don't care if your named was Rockefeller, nine dollars and twenty three cents. (Seizure; writing credit: Oliver Stone) No not Rockefeller, Hughes, Charles Hughes, do you know what that means? (Seizure; writing credit: Oliver Stone) | |
Lyrics | Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc (We Didn't Start The Fire; performing artist: Billy Joel) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Rockefeller (1913) | |
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 | [Dr. Martin M. Cummings receives the Rockefeller Public Service Award]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | War Demonstration Hospital : Bird's-eye view- construction completed. Buildings of Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in background. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | John D. Rockefeller, wearing "Standard Oil System" bathrobe, stands by "Immunity Bath" bathtub. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Governor Nelson Rockefeller on knee of GOP elephant. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | John D. Rockefeller, Jr., takes vacation / P. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Underwood & Underwood, New York.. |  | Rockefeller Institute bldg., Av. A and 66th St. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Rockefeller Hall, Brown University, Providence, R.I. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | S.S. Frank Rockefeller. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Wiliamsburg, Virginia. The capitol of the Virginia colony during the eighteenth century which was reconstructed and restored to its original state by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. during the 1930s. Old courthouse erected in 1770. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Williamsburg, Virginia. The capitol of the Virginia colony during the eighteenth century which was reconstructed and restored to its original state by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. during the 1930s. Blacksmith shop. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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John D. Rockefeller | Good management consists of showing average people how to the work of superior people. |
Nelson A. Rockefeller | Maybe this [Watergate] is like the Old Testament. It was visited upon us and maybe were going to benefit from it. |
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Health | The Rockefeller Sanitary Commission was founded in response, and hookworm infection has been largely controlled. (references) | |
There are many ways of doing this. In one example, scientists at Rockefeller University in New York City built on previous test tube studies indicating that estrogen might reduce the risk of developing AD by lowering beta-amyloid secretion. (references) | ||
Another study, conducted by scientists at the Rockefeller University and Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, assessed levels of beta-amyloid variants and tau in the cortex of subjects with no, questionable, mild, moderate, and severe dementia (Naslund et al., 2000). Results indicated that total levels of two types of amyloid peptides were elevated early in dementia and that these levels were strongly correlated with cognitive decline. (references) | ||
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RICHES, n. A gift from Heaven signifying, "This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased." John D. Rockefeller The reward of toil and virtue. J.P. Morgan The sayings of many in the hands of one. Eugene Debs To these excellent definitions the inspired lexicographer feels that he can add nothing of value. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Rockefeller" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 62.22% of the time. "Rockefeller" is used about 45 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 62.22% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Noun (singular) | 37.78% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Total | 100.00% | 45 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Rockefeller" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Rockefeller | Last name | 300 | 23,443 |
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Expressions using "Rockefeller": John D. Rockefeller ♦ John Davison Rockefeller ♦ oysters rockefeller. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "Rockefeller": Rockefeller-kissinger. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Rockefeller"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | рокфеллер (rockfeller). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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"Rockefeller" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Rockafella, Rockafellas, Rockerfellas, rockerfeller. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-f-k-l-l-o-r-r" | |
-4 letters: elflock, fleecer, freckle. | |
-5 letters: corker, creole, feeler, feller, felloe, ferrel, fleece, forcer, forker, locker, recork, reefer, reeker, reeler, refeel, refell, relock, reroll, rocker, rolfer, roller. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 6F 63 6B 65 66 65 6C 6C 65 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01101111 01100011 01101011 01100101 01100110 01100101 01101100 01101100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R o c k e f e l l e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 006F 0063 006B 0065 0066 0065 006C 006C 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5281697771727178787184 |
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