noun
1. a university in Connecticut (Freq. 2)
• Syn: ↑Yale University
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑university
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ivy League
• Part Holonyms: ↑New Haven
2. English philanthropist who made contributions to a college in Connecticut that was renamed in his honor (1649-1721)
• Syn: ↑Elihu Yale
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑philanthropist, ↑altruist
Useful english dictionary. 2012.