Onassis

[oh-nas-is, oh-nah-sis]

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).

Onassis

/ 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

Example Sentences

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.

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He wondered whether Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, his maternal grandmother, was “hotter” than Usha Vance and joked that he was “having a son” with Mrs. Vance.

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The restaurant, on East 60th Street, was known for its classic French dishes and clientele that included Jacqueline Onassis and Ernest Hemingway, and Hanson and Nasr were compelled by its storied history.

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Another Greek shipping magnate, Aristotle Onassis, once said that his yacht, the 325-foot Christina O—which hosted luminaries including Winston Churchill and John F. Kennedy—was “the best office in the world.”

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In the 1950s, the Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis — soon to be familiar on American shores as the second husband of Jacqueline Kennedy — supposedly declared that Long Beach was “the world’s most modern shipping port.”

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