Rothschild

American  

[rawth-chahyld, rawths-, roth-, roths-, roht-shilt] / ˈrɔθ tʃaɪld, ˈrɔθs-, rɒθ-, ˈrɒθs-, ˈroʊt ʃɪlt /

noun

1. Lionel Nathan, Baron de Lord Natty, 1809–79, English banker: first Jewish member of Parliament (son of Nathan Meyer Rothschild).

2. Mayer or Meyer Amschel or Anselm 1743–1812, German banker: founder of the Rothschild family and international banking firm.

3. his son Nathan Meyer, Baron de, 1777–1836, English banker, born in Germany.

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Rothschild British  

/ ˈrɒθtʃaɪld, ˈrɒθs- /

noun

1. Lionel Nathan , Baron de Rothschild. 1809–79, British banker and first Jewish member of Parliament

2. his grandfather Meyer Amschel (ˈmaiər ˈamʃəl). 1743–1812, German financier and founder of the Rothschild banking firm

3. his son, Nathan Meyer , Baron de Rothschild. 1777–1836, British banker, born in Germany

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Example Sentences

What Drumont could not have known was that what Rothschild was looking for would lead him to help found a nation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

The Viennese journalist who led the Zionist charge arrived for his first and only meeting with Rothschild in Paris in July of 1896, convinced that the Rothschilds were the indispensable bankers of the Jewish future.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Herzl found Rothschild paternalistic and overly timid, “a decent, good-natured, faint-hearted man, who utterly fails to understand the matter,” as he wrote in his diary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

By the time of James’s death, the consolidated Rothschild banking enterprise deployed $150 million of capital, “a third of the capital of the entire European banking system” at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

A garden party at Sans Souci, the country home of the Baroness Edmond de Rothschild, effectively brought the meeting to its end.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson