1. United States businessman who opened a shop in 1879 selling low-priced goods and built it into a national chain of stores (1852-1919); [syn: Woolworth, Frank Winfield Woolworth]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Frank Winfield Woolworth
n 1: United States businessman who opened a shop in 1879 selling
low-priced goods and built it into a national chain of
stores (1852-1919) [syn: Woolworth, Frank Winfield
Woolworth]