Fugger

American  

[foog-uhr] / ˈfʊg ər /

noun

1. Jakob II the Rich, 1459–1525, German financier, a member of a German family of bankers and merchants of the 14th to 17th centuries.

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Fugger British  

/ ˈfʊɡər /

noun

1. a German family of merchants and bankers, prominent in 15th- and 16th-century Europe

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Example Sentences

When treating it, we are up against evolutionary forces, Prof Fugger says.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2024

Dürer’s preferred medium was a special paper made by his patron, Jacob Fugger, one of the richest men who ever lived.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2021

Jacob Fugger, a German banker in the 15th century, “could have been a Russian oligarch, a Latin American telecoms boss or an American railroad baron from the 19th century,” Mr. Steinmetz says.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2015

Finally, the electors themselves told Charles that they would accept promises from no one but Fugger.

From Washington Post • Aug. 6, 2015

"Postscript: Do you still remember That great brawl we had at Augsburg, And the rage of wealthy Fugger, The ill-humour of his ladies, Two-and-thirty years ago?"

From The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von