Horatio Alger


Ho·ra·tio Al·ger

adj \hə-ˈrā-shō-ˈal-jər\

Definition of HORATIO ALGER

: of, relating to, or resembling the fiction of Horatio Alger in which success is achieved through self-reliance and hard work

First Known Use of HORATIO ALGER

1925

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