单词 | lumber baron |
释义 | > as lemmaslumber baron lumber baron n. U.S. a leading or wealthy timber merchant. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > merchant > [noun] > wealthy > in specific trade tobacco lord1832 railroad king1849 pork king1880 rum baron1887 lumber baron1888 tobacco baron1961 1888 N.Y. Life 18 Feb. 27/2 One of the..lumber ‘Barons’ of Michigan. 1889 E. Eggleston in Cent. Mag. Mar. 791/2 ‘Lumber barons’, ‘silver kings’ and creatures of railroad corporations. 1948 Time 29 Nov. 24/1 In many ways he seemed a throwback to the lumber barons, the cattle kings and the mining magnates who had ruled the West before him. < as lemmas |
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