Vanderbilt, Cornelius Syllabification: (Van·der·bilt, Cornelius)Pronunciation: /ˈvandərˌbilt/Definition of Vanderbilt, Cornelius (1794–1877), US businessman and philanthropist. He amassed a fortune from shipping and railroads and made an endowment to found Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee (1873). Vanderbilt, Cornelius in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Vanderbilt, Cornelius in the British & World English dictionary
