billionaire
[bil-yuh-nair, bil-yuh-nair]
- a person who has assets worth a billion or more dollars, francs, pounds, or the like.
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Origin of billionaire
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Examples from the Web for billionaire
Contemporary Examples
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 HawkingM.L. Nestel
January 8, 2015
The billionaire philanthropist tastes the product of a machine that processes human sewage into drinking water and electricity.
The bromance between the Russian president and the billionaire ex-prime minister of Italy goes way back.
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg already had the gun lobby in his sights.
Its board of directors is chaired by billionaire industrialist and conservative political donor Charles G. Koch.
Historical Examples
That means that in five years I will be a billionaire, and only forty-two.
The Root of EvilThomas Dixon
Who but a billionaire could say what was fair exchange for a billion?
The Golden BowlHenry James
"Don't try to," the Billionaire replied, with seeming benevolence.
The Air TrustGeorge Allan England
For a moment the Billionaire regarded him with a look of intense irritation.
The Air TrustGeorge Allan England
The Billionaire, however, wasted but scant time in consideration.
The Air TrustGeorge Allan England
billionaire
- a person whose assets are worth over a billion of the monetary units of his country
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Word Origin and History for billionaire
n.
1844, American English, from billion on model of millionaire. The first in the U.S. likely was John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937), some time after World War I.
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