Rothschild
//ˈɹɒθs.t͡ʃaɪld// name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A very rich person.
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from German.
"A modern glass edifice nearby houses the headquarters of the illustrious Rothschild banking family. It was the Rothschilds who in the 1830s arranged that recently paid-off £20 million loan to the British government to reimburse slaveowners after the trade ended – said to be equivalent to some £300 billion in today’s money."
Example
More examples"Each Rothschild is significantly richer than the richest person in the world."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German Rothschild (literally “red shield”) with a spelling pronunciation (as though equivalent to English Roth's child).
Etymology 2
From the Rothschild family.
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