Rothschildren
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 plural of Rothschild (“very rich person”) form-of, nonstandard, plural
"With such a concern, or a share even, the oracle may safely promise that one shall be a Rothschild, with a fine family of Rothschildren; but how is such a brisk business to be had, if we except the profitless transfers of Mr. Figgins?"
- 1 plural of Rothschild (“surname”) form-of, nonstandard, plural
"[…] when the elderly worthies have arrived opposite the Snake Houses—so called because the Rothschildren were intertwined there—they stand open-mouthed to catch the sea-air, for all the world as if they were singing “Come if you dare,” to those horrid Roman Catholics the French, on the opposite coast, at a place they call Dip, because people go there to bathe."
Example
More examples"[…] when the elderly worthies have arrived opposite the Snake Houses—so called because the Rothschildren were intertwined there—they stand open-mouthed to catch the sea-air, for all the world as if they were singing “Come if you dare,” to those horrid Roman Catholics the French, on the opposite coast, at a place they call Dip, because people go there to bathe."
Etymology
From children, plural of child, by re-analyzing Rothschild as Roth + -s- + child.
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