Galbraith

American

[gal-brayth] / ˈgæl breɪθ /

noun

John Kenneth, 1908–2006, U.S. economist, born in Canada.

Galbraith British

/ ɡælˈbreɪθ /

noun

John Kenneth. 1908–2006, US economist and diplomat born in Canada; author of The Affluent Society (1958), The New Industrial State (1967), and The Culture of Contentment (1992)

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Galbraithian

adjective

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Connor Galbraith and his wife Nicole opened Wacky Playland in Kidderminster nearly two years ago, leaving their jobs as an IT specialist and a chemist.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

As Salon’s Alex Galbraith recently explained in his daily newsletter, Crash Course, Walsh assumes his viewers “weren’t paying attention when their history classes got slightly more complicated.”

From Salon ● May 20, 2026

With Charles another to shine in midfield, it was Bradley's link with Swansea City's Ethan Galbraith that proved the dominant theme of the first half.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025

In 1955 John Kenneth Galbraith punctured one of the strangely enduring myths about the aftermath: that there was a wave of suicides.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

The name Gilbreth, in the case of Dad’s family, was a fairly recent corruption of Galbraith.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

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