Definitions for Vanderbilt
ˈvæn dər bɪltvan·der·bilt

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1. Vanderbilt, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Commodore Vanderbiltnoun

   United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877)

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1. vanderbilt

   Vanderbilt generally refers to a prominent and wealthy family in American history. Originally from the Netherlands, the Vanderbilts amassed their fortune through various industries such as railroads, shipping, and business during the Gilded Age in the 19th century. The term can also refer to institutions named after the family, such as Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, a private research university founded by Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1873.

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1. Vanderbilt

   Vanderbilt is a village in Otsego County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 562 at the 2010 census.

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1. Vanderbilt

   An American family of means who possess a few railroads much of New York City, some splendid divorces, and a weakness for Newport and newspapers.

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1. VANDERBILT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Vanderbilt is ranked #15947 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Vanderbilt surname appeared 1,822 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Vanderbilt.
   
   77.8% or 1,419 total occurrences were White.
   17.7% or 323 total occurrences were Black.
   2.3% or 42 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.7% or 32 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Financier
   • Philanthropist

How to pronounce Vanderbilt?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Vanderbilt in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Vanderbilt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Vanderbilt in a Sentence

1. Barbara Dorris:

   I went into the hospital because I had pain, i’d been coughing. I’d torn my diaphragm. I had seen these seven Vanderbilt angels standing over me, and they said, ‘Ma’am, were you aware you have a four-inch tumor under your right rib cage?’ I said, ‘No.’.

2. Steven Hollon:

   Vanderbilt University in Tennessee's pretty clear that mindfulness can have an effect, we are just beginning to understand how this may become a viable alternative to medication particularly for people who don't want to stay on medication forever.

3. William Schaffner:

   Vanderbilt University School of Medicine's certainly a novel and provocative approach to trying to prevent this illness. We need all the help we can get, what we've seen are previews of coming attractions, as they say in the movie theater.

4. Anderson Cooper:

   If Leopold Stokowski were around in early 1980s it was pretty hard to miss the jeans Gloria Vanderbilt helped create, but Gloria Vanderbilt was Gloria Vanderbilt public face -- the one Gloria Vanderbilt learned to hide behind as a child, gloria Vanderbilt private self, Gloria Vanderbilt real self -- that was more fascinating and more lovely than anything Gloria Vanderbilt showed the public.

5. Michael Eric Dyson:

   Is Vanderbilt University surprising ? Maybe not for the area of the country where Vanderbilt University occurred in.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Vanderbilt
2. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Vanderbilt
4. ^ Who Was Who?
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/984/pg984-images.html#:~:text=Vanderbilt
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html