| 单词 | railroad king |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrailroad king railroad king n. a person having power and influence in the business of railroads; a powerful railroad owner. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] > leading railway industrialist railroad king1849 society > trade and finance > trader > merchant > [noun] > wealthy > in specific trade tobacco lord1832 railroad king1849 pork king1880 rum baron1887 lumber baron1888 tobacco baron1961 1849 Episcopal Recorder 18 Aug. 91/1 (heading) The Rail-Road King. 1871 H. B. Stowe My Wife & I xvi. 176 He is a rail~road king—a prince of stocks—a man going with a forty thousand steam power through New York waters. 1903 T. M. Tarbell in McClure's Mag. Jan. 254/2 The acquiescence of the ‘railroad kings’..was followed by an unwilling promise to break the contracts with the company. 1976 J. Lukasiewicz Railway Game 19 State legislature[s] were often subservient to the railroad kings. 2003 K. Reynolds Henry Plant iv. 59 Florida's future railroad king had the chance to ride behind some of America's first steam-driven locomotives. < as lemmas |
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