Definition of: Rockefeller

(rok′ə·fel′ər)
Name of a family of American capitalists and philanthropists, including John Davison,
1839–1937; his son, John Davison, Jr.,
1874–1960; and the latter's sons, John Davison, III,
1906–1978; Nelson Aldrich,
1908–1979, vice president of the United States (1974–77); Laurance S.,
born 1910; Winthrop,
born 1912, and David,
born 1915.