1. United States businessman who unified the telegraph system in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White) founded Cornell University (1807-1874); [syn: Cornell, Ezra Cornell]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Ezra Cornell
n 1: United States businessman who unified the telegraph system
in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White)
founded Cornell University (1807-1874) [syn: Cornell,
Ezra Cornell]