1. Alger - Noun
2. Alger - Proper noun
United States author of inspirational adventure stories for boys; virtue and hard work overcome poverty (1832-1899)
Source: WordNetThese days, the American dream is more apt to be realized in South America, in places such as Ecuador, Venezuela and Argentina, where incomes are actually more equal today than they are in the land of Horatio Alger. Who's the banana republic now? Bernie Sanders
The Horatio Alger stories of "rags to riches" were true for a few men, but mostly a myth, and a useful myth for control. Howard Zinn
I don't consider 'American Rose' to be a biography so much as a microcosm of 20th-century America, told through Gypsy's tumultuous life - it's 'Horatio Alger meets Tim Burton.' Karen Abbott
Finally, Fred Alger Management LLC bought a new stake in Lockheed Martin in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Source: Internet
In 1939, Camus wrote a stinging series of articles for Alger Republicain on the atrocious living conditions of the inhabitants of the Kabylie highlands, advocating for economic, educational and political reforms as a matter of emergency. Source: Internet
In 1949, former State Department official and accused spy Alger Hiss went on trial in New York, charged with perjury (the jury deadlocked, but Hiss was convicted in a second trial). Source: Internet