Onassis
[ oh-nas-is, oh-nah-sis ]
/ oʊˈnæs ɪs, oʊˈnɑ sɪs /
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noun
Aristotle Socrates, 1906–75, Greek businessman, born in Turkey.
Jacqueline (Lee Bou·vi·er Kennedy) [boo-vee-ey], /ˈbu viˌeɪ/, "Jackie", 1929–94, wife of John F. Kennedy (1953–63) and Aristotle Onassis (1968–75).
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What did he write to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, to Boris Pasternak, to Stephen Sondheim, to Aaron Copland?
Galella is most famous for his photographs of Jackie Onassis.
British Dictionary definitions for Onassis
Onassis
/ (əʊˈnæsɪs) /
noun
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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