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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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on a pedestal, put, on approval, on a rampage, on a roll, on a shoestring, Onassis, Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, on a string, on a tangent, Oñate, on balance
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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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