Gould

/guld/
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Other forms: Goulds

Definitions of Gould
  1. noun
    United States financier who gained control of the Erie Canal and who caused a financial panic in 1869 when he attempted to corner the gold market (1836-1892)
    synonyms: Jay Gould
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    example of:
    financier, moneyman
    a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
  2. noun
    United States paleontologist and popularizer of science (1941-2002)
    synonyms: Stephen Jay Gould
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    fossilist, palaeontologist, paleontologist
    a specialist in paleontology
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