Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

michael corleone

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables: michael -cor-leone
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ruthless gangster.

Example Sentences

"Having given up his role as the Michael Corleone of theory, now he wanted to be the Tony Soprano of pedagogy."
"Beane is the Michael Corleone of baseball—brilliant and cold-blooded. Regardless of his feelings of affinity toward employees, they will be under his employ only if they produce. He's hired a close friend of his to be his manager in Bob Geren; if Geren is not successful, or if Beane simply wants to make a change, friendship or not, that's what he'll do. It's business. Not personal."

Etymology

From the fictional character Michael Corleone from the series The Godfather.

Inflected Forms

Michael Corleones (plural)

Questions

What does michael corleone mean?: A ruthless gangster.
Where does michael corleone come from?: From the fictional character Michael Corleone from the series The Godfather.

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