family
Rothschild family
Rothschilds
also: Ротшильды, Rothschilds
The internationally famous Jewish banking dynasty, invoked here as generic shorthand for wealthy or prominent Jewish families in the letter's grim joke about who is safe from violence.
Reading notes
- Idyll §17 Rothschild
The internationally famous banking dynasty, invoked alongside Croesus as the byword for immense modern wealth.
- To S. Kramayev, 8 May 1881. Moscow. §4 Rothschilds
The internationally famous Jewish banking dynasty; invoked here, plural and generic, as shorthand for wealthy or prominent Jewish families in the letter's grim joke about who is and isn't being beaten.