multimillionaire
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of multimillionaire
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; multi- + millionaire
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You invest that $650, let it compound over time, and before you know it, you’re a multimillionaire retiring by 60.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026
The Journal found that he went from being a middle-class lawyer to a multimillionaire during two decades on a public official’s salary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
Who would argue with a multimillionaire parent and/or tell them what’s really on your mind if you knew that you were in line to inherit a small fortune?
From MarketWatch • Oct. 29, 2025
While that might be true as to what they uncovered, if multimillionaire athletes are corrupt, is it a stretch to think that college athletes who actually need money would do the same?
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025
One of them, a white multimillionaire industrialist named Alf Chalmers, offered twelve hundred rands: I purchased a plane ticket.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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