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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Words nearby Onassis

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

How to use Onassis in a sentence

What did he write to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, to Boris Pasternak, to Stephen Sondheim, to Aaron Copland?
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Galella is most famous for his photographs of Jackie Onassis.
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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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