Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy
  • Aristotle Socrates,Turkish-born Greek financier and shipping magnate who pioneered the use of oil supertankers.

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Examples

  • We threw in Onassis because we wanted him to know that we wanted him to be successful.

    The meaning behind Chase Minnifield's name Steve Yanda 2010

  • The late president's widow Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is also buried at Arlington.

    Body of Sen. Kennedy arrives at Capitol 2009

  • 3/10/2010: The challenge of writing a biography on Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is that everyone knows the basic plot: a love of horses, suffered from her parents 'divorce, enjoyed a good education, married a U.S.

    The Top Reader Reviews 2010

  • If the Kennedys had dubbed Onassis “the Greek,” his immediate family including his elder sister Artemis Garoufalidis referred to Jackie as “the Black Widow.”

    American Legacy C. David Heymann 2007

  • Thereafter, until Jackie set her straight, Caroline referred to Onassis as “my Turkish stepfather.”

    American Legacy C. David Heymann 2007

  • Thereafter, until Jackie set her straight, Caroline referred to Onassis as “my Turkish stepfather.”

    American Legacy C. David Heymann 2007

  • So wary was Caroline of public exposure, so devoid of introspection is the book, that the authors even removed from their finished manuscript a section titled Onassis v.

    American Legacy C. David Heymann 2007

  • If the Kennedys had dubbed Onassis “the Greek,” his immediate family including his elder sister Artemis Garoufalidis referred to Jackie as “the Black Widow.”

    American Legacy C. David Heymann 2007

  • So wary was Caroline of public exposure, so devoid of introspection is the book, that the authors even removed from their finished manuscript a section titled Onassis v.

    American Legacy C. David Heymann 2007

  • Robert Lindsay and Lydia Leonard starring in 'Onassis' at London's Novello Theatre

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

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