Carnegian

English

Etymology

From Carnegie +‎ -an

Adjective

Carnegian (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Andrew Carnegie or his legacy.
    • 1907, Herbert N. Casson, “An Estimate of Andrew Carnegie”, in The Independent‎[1], volume 62, page 848:
      It is due to Carnegian enterprise, more than to any other one cause, that the United States is now producing two-fifths of all the iron and steel in the world.
    • 1912, Isaac F. Marcosson, “The Millionaire Yield of Pittsburgh”, in Munsey's Magazine‎[2], volume 46, page 783:
      It was not until the Carnegian sunburst of steel in the eighties that the day of millions dawned.
    • 1967, Samuel Flagg Bemis, The Latin American Policy of the United States, An Historical Interpretation, page 322:
      A typically Carnegian feature of the Endowment's inter-American cultural program was the gift of collections of standard works on the history, literature, and politics of the United States, and on other subjects.
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