| financier | | |
| n. (person) | 1. financier, moneyman | a person skilled in large scale financial transactions. |
| ~ capitalist | a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business). |
| ~ banker | a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank. |
| ~ city man | a financier who works in one of the banks in the City of London. |
| ~ dealer, principal | the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account. |
| ~ baruch, bernard baruch, bernard mannes baruch | economic advisor to United States Presidents (1870-1965). |
| ~ diamond jim, diamond jim brady, james buchanan brady, brady | United States financier noted for his love of diamonds and his extravagant lifestyle (1856-1917). |
| ~ jay cooke, cooke | United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War; the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905). |
| ~ cosimo de medici, cosimo the elder | Italian financier and statesman and friend of the papal court (1389-1464). |
| ~ girard, stephen girard | United States financier (born in France) who helped finance the War of 1812 (1750-1831). |
| ~ jay gould, gould | 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). |
| ~ gresham, sir thomas gresham | English financier (1519-1579). |
| ~ averell harriman, harriman, william averell harriman | United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986). |
| ~ johns hopkins, hopkins | United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873). |
| ~ andrew mellon, andrew w. mellon, andrew william mellon, mellon | United States financier and philanthropist (1855-1937). |
| ~ j. p. morgan, john pierpont morgan, morgan | United States financier and philanthropist (1837-1913). |
| ~ robert morris, morris | leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806). |
| ~ cecil j. rhodes, cecil john rhodes, cecil rhodes, rhodes | British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902). |
| ~ haym salomon, salomon | American financier and American Revolutionary War patriot who helped fund the army during the American Revolution (1740?-1785). |
| ~ commodore vanderbilt, cornelius vanderbilt, vanderbilt | United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877). |
| v. (social) | 2. financier | conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner. |
| ~ operate, run | direct or control; projects, businesses, etc..; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan" |
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