Associations to the word «Carnegie»

Wiktionary

CARNEGIE, proper noun. A surname​.

Dictionary definition

CARNEGIE, noun. United States educator famous for writing a book about how to win friends and influence people (1888-1955).
CARNEGIE, noun. United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts (1835-1919).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats