Horatio Alger

Noun

Meaning

United States author of inspirational adventure stories for boys; virtue and hard work overcome poverty (1832-1899)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Alger

Examples

These 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

Close letter words and terms

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