Meanings
Rothschild1
plural Rothschilds · nonstandard plural Rothschildren · alternative Rothchild
- A surname from German.
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A modern glass edifice nearby houses the headquarters of the illustrious Rothschild banking family. It was the Rothschilds who in the 1830s arranged that recently paid-off £20 million loan to the British government to reimburse slaveowners after the trade ended – said to be equivalent to some £300 billion in today’s money.
2020 October 2, Maureen O'Hare, “‘Price of blood’: Financial London’s grim history revealed in new tour”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2022
Rothschild2
plural Rothschilds · nonstandard plural Rothschildren
- A very rich person.
Origin
Rothschild · proper noun
- GermanRothschild
- EnglishRothschild
Borrowed from German Rothschild (literally “red shield”) with a spelling pronunciation (as though equivalent to English Roth's child).
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Rothschild. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rothschild
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