billionaire

[ bil-yuh-nair, bil-yuh-nair ]

/ ˌbɪl yəˈnɛər, ˈbɪl yəˌnɛər /

noun

a person who has assets worth a billion or more dollars, francs, pounds, or the like.

Words nearby billionaire

billing machine, billings, billings method, billingsgate, billion, billionaire, billiton, billman, billon, billow, billow cloud

Origin of billionaire

1855–60, Americanism; billion + -aire, on the model of millionaire

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Examples from the Web for billionaire

To most of the world, billionaire Jeffrey Epstein is a convicted sex offender and a financial grifter.
Sleazy Billionaire’s Double Life Featured Beach Parties With Stephen Hawking|M.L. Nestel|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The billionaire philanthropist tastes the product of a machine that processes human sewage into drinking water and electricity.
Bill Gates Drinks Sewer Water|Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The bromance between the Russian president and the billionaire ex-prime minister of Italy goes way back.
Was Putin’s Midnight Visit to Berlusconi About Bunga Bunga?|Barbie Latza Nadeau|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg already had the gun lobby in his sights.
The NRA Pissed Off the Wrong Nerd Genius|Cliff Schecter|August 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Its board of directors is chaired by billionaire industrialist and conservative political donor Charles G. Koch.
The Sleazy War on the Humane Society|Center for Public Integrity|August 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At one of the tables, obviously bored, sat Catherine Flint, only daughter of the Billionaire.
The Air Trust|George Allan England
The Billionaire caught sight of him, just as the car slowed to take the sharp turn by the station.
The Air Trust|George Allan England
The billionaire sits down at his mahogany to his bowl of bread and milk.
Whirligigs|O. Henry
At sight of it, the Billionaire's eyes lighted up with triumph.
The Air Trust|George Allan England
The Billionaire drew near, adjusted a pair of pince-nez on his hawk-like nose, and peered curiously at the apparatus.
The Air Trust|George Allan England

British Dictionary definitions for billionaire

billionaire

/ (ˌbɪljəˈnɛə) /

noun

a person whose assets are worth over a billion of the monetary units of his country

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