ALL meanings of robber baron
rob·ber bar·on
R r - noun robber baron History/Historical. a noble who robbed travelers passing through his lands. 1
- noun robber baron a ruthlessly powerful U.S. capitalist or industrialist of the late 19th century considered to have become wealthy by exploiting natural resources, corrupting legislators, or other unethical means. 1
- countable noun robber baron If you refer to someone as a robber baron, you mean that they have made a very large amount of money and have been prepared to act illegally or in an immoral way in order to do so. 0
- noun robber baron a person who has made a very large amount of money and has been prepared to act illegally or in an immoral way in order to do so. 0
- noun robber baron a nobleman of feudal times who robbed people traveling through his domain 0
- noun robber baron any of a number of U.S. capitalists of the late 19th cent. who acquired vast wealth by exploitation and ruthlessness 0