Onassis

American  

[oh-nas-is, oh-nah-sis] / oʊˈnæs ɪs, oʊˈnɑ sɪs /

noun

1. Aristotle Socrates, 1906–75, Greek businessman, born in Turkey.

2. Jacqueline (Lee Bouvier Kennedy) Jackie, 1929–94, wife of John F. Kennedy (1953–63) and Aristotle Onassis (1968–75).

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Onassis British  

/ əʊˈnæsɪs /

noun

1. Aristotle ( Socrates ). 1906–75, Argentinian (formerly Greek) shipowner, born in Turkey. In 1968 he married Jacqueline, 1929–94, the widow of US President John F. Kennedy

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Example Sentences

He transformed her wardrobe, and in 1968 she picked an ivory-coloured lace dress from his famous white collection for her second marriage to Greek shipping mogul Aristotle Onassis.

From Barron's

The industry’s founding fathers, Aristotle Onassis and Stavros Niarchos, became rich navigating turbulent oil markets during 20th-century geopolitical crises.

From The Wall Street Journal

As first reported by the New York Post, Schumer’s new apartment overlooks Central Park and the Jackie Kennedy Onassis Reservoir—and offers three bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms.

From MarketWatch

“The main difference for the history of the world if I had been shot rather than Kennedy,” he supposedly once observed, “is that Onassis probably wouldn’t have married Mrs. Khrushchev.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Schlossberg, whose uncle John F Kennedy Jr died in a plane crash at age 38 and whose grandmother Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died of cancer when Schlossberg was a toddler, also describes the pain she fears her death will cause her mother, who previously served as US ambassador to Australia and Japan.

From BBC