beer baron
Americannoun
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a powerful and influential person in the beer industry.
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the leader of an illegal enterprise that produced and sold beer during Prohibition.
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That offer surpassed an earlier one made by Thai beer baron Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi.
From Reuters • Jan. 7, 2013
But not since 1938, when local beer baron Emil Sick put up $350,000 of his own money to build a minor-league baseball field in Rainier Valley, has someone offered Seattle a sweeter deal than Hansen.
From Seattle Times • May 30, 2012
Other "permanent residents" include beer baron John Molson Sr, the 18th-century explorer David Thompson, railway tycoon and Titanic victim Charles Melville Hays and, curiously, Anna Leonowens of The King and I fame.
From The Guardian • Jan. 11, 2011
The Howard Johnson-run Nassau Beach Lodge opened in February; rushing to completion is Lyford Cay, a combination club-real estate development masterminded by international beer baron and financier Edward Plunket Taylor of Toronto.
From Time Magazine Archive
If we haven’t dropped into the winter hangout of some Chicago beer baron or New York racketeer, I’m a ground hog!”
From Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman by Sainsbury, Noel
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