| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Getty, J(ean) Paul |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Get·ty |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  g t  |
| DATES: | 1892–1976 |
| American business executive who amassed a multibillion-dollar fortune and established a museum in Malibu, California (1953), to publicly display his vast art collection. A new museum, the Getty Center, opened in Los Angeles in 1997.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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