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Rothschild

/ˈɹɒθs.t͡ʃaɪld/ · name

Meaning

  1. A very rich person.
  2. A surname from German.

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from German Rothschild (literally “red shield”) with a spelling pronunciation (as though equivalent to English Roth's child).

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