(n) United States statesman and leader of the Federalists; as the first Secretary of the Treasury he establish a federal bank; was mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr (1755-1804), Syn. Alexander Hamilton
(n) United States economist noted as a proponent of monetarism and for his opposition to government intervention in the economy (born in 1912), Syn. Milton Friedman
(n) United States confectioner and philanthropist who created the model industrial town of Hershey, Pennsylvania; founded an industrial school for orphan boys (1857-1945), Syn. Milton Snavely Hershey
(Geol.) A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; -- so named from Hamilton, Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See the Chart of Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]