Harriman

[ har-uh-muhn ]

noun

1. Edward Henry, 1848–1909, U.S. financier and railroad magnate.
2. his son W(illiam) A·ve·rell [ey, -ver-, uh, l], 1891–1986, U.S. diplomat: governor of New York 1954–58.

Harriman

/ ˈhærɪmən /

noun

1. HarrimanW(illiam) Averell18911986MUSPOLITICS: diplomat W ( illiam ) Averell. 1891–1986, US diplomat: negotiated the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty with the Soviet Union (1963); governor of New York (1955–58)

Example Sentences

Until the Kingston spill devastated the 6,300-person town of Harriman, located 250 miles north of Juliette, air pollution from coal-fired power plants had long overshadowed the peril of groundwater contamination caused by coal ash.

From ProPublica

Averell Harriman [governor from 1955 to 1958] left behind a pretty significant deficit.

From The Daily Beast

There she met and commenced an affair with President Roosevelt's personal envoy, Averell Harriman.

From The Daily Beast

Years later, Pamela Churchill would become Pamela Harriman, and ultimately US ambassador to France.

From The Daily Beast

While in London, Harriman also launched an affair with Pamela Churchill, daughter-in-law of the prime minister.

From The Daily Beast

Believe it or not, McGurk's and Harriman's are not the only examples in American history of love affairs in war zones.

From The Daily Beast

The ironclad monopoly enjoyed by the Harriman and Hill lines would probably have prevented this in any event.

From Project Gutenberg

He had not been idle through all the day, but had drawn from the Harriman Bank twenty thousand dollars.

From Project Gutenberg

One man has recently spent a busy term of years in simplifying the organization of the Harriman lines.

From Project Gutenberg

It is only once in a generation that a man like Harriman, who can bend a whole mighty directorate to his absolute will, arises.

From Project Gutenberg

Take the two members of the Western railroad world—one gone now—Hill and Harriman.

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