2. English philanthropist who made contributions to a college in Connecticut that was renamed in his honor (1649-1721); [syn: Yale, Elihu Yale]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Yale
n 1: a university in Connecticut [syn: Yale University,
Yale]
2: English philanthropist who made contributions to a college in
Connecticut that was renamed in his honor (1649-1721) [syn:
Yale, Elihu Yale]