jay gould

1. 1.

   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)

   SynonymsGould

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Questions about jay gould

What does jay gould mean?

jay gould means "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)".

What is another word for jay gould?

Close synonyms include Gould. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jay gould a common word?

jay gould is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.