multimillionaire

[ muhl-tee-mil-yuh-nair, muhl-tahy- ]

/ ˌmʌl tiˌmɪl yəˈnɛər, ˌmʌl taɪ- /

noun

a person who possesses a fortune that amounts to many millions of dollars, francs, etc.

Nearby words

multilocation, multilocular, multilocular cyst, multimedia, multimeter, multimillionaire, multimodal, multinational, multinational corporation, multinodular, multinodular goiter

Origin of multimillionaire

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; multi- + millionaire

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Examples from the Web for multimillionaire

A former CIA officer and Air Force veteran, Dewhurst is a multimillionaire who swaggers on horseback.
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Brinker is an independently wealthy woman, due in part to a divorce from multimillionaire restaurateur Norman Brinker in 2003.
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Amis was a multimillionaire literary superstar, “the most influential writer of his generation” as he put it.
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It is next to impossible to find a story written about the case that does not mention the fact that Jordan is a multimillionaire.
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Jessica Simpson is a multimillionaire pop star, actress, and fashion designer, and one of the most beautiful women on the planet.
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One may find one's self sitting next to a multimillionaire at table, or examining frescoes side by side with him.
The Gentleman from San Francisco|Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin
That was the beginning of a series of adventures culminating in a marriage with a multimillionaire.
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Some multimillionaire will pay double that some day, when the dealers have taken their whack.
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I should have followed Mr. Blaffer's advice and gone in the oil business, and I would have been a multimillionaire today.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
But you are the only child of the American multimillionaire, 'Jemmes Ronadolf,' yes?
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British Dictionary definitions for multimillionaire

multimillionaire

/ (ˌmʌltɪˌmɪljəˈnɛə) /

noun

a person with a fortune of several million pounds, dollars, etc

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