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millionaire or mil·lion·naire [ mil-yuh -nair ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌmɪl yəˈnɛər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun
a person whose wealth amounts to a million or more in some unit of currency, as dollars.
any very rich person.
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Origin of millionaire 1820–30; <French
millionnaire, equivalent to
million million +
-aire -ary
OTHER WORDS FROM millionaire mil·lion·aire·dom, noun non·mil·lion·aire, noun
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This is coming from a millionaire , like Zooey, she was already rich before she started New Girl.
More money for the millionaire s & billionaires, the investors and WallStreet.
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Bob,” says George Cafego, a Vol tailback then and a UT assistant coach now, “had every opportunity to be a millionaire .
A millionaire might offer more for a life belt as a souvenir than a drowning man could pay for it to save his life.
She wondered if he would take his youth in his bald-headed season, like the self-made American millionaire .
The social ambitions of the Tippetts were so definitely quenched that the indignant millionaire threatened to return to Chicago.
Besides, Mr. Hofer is one of that small millionaire group that is trying to clean up San Francisco municipally.
With twenty-five dollars in his hand, Henry felt like a millionaire as he edged through the crowd to the gate.
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British Dictionary definitions for millionaire
noun
a person whose assets are worth at least a million of the standard monetary units of his country
Derived forms of millionaire millionairess or millionnairess , fem n Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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