zillionaire
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of zillionaire
First recorded in 1945–50; zillion + (million)aire
Example Sentences
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It’s funny because it’s swaggering, full-of-itself New York, and the Mets are one of baseball’s most profligate franchises, a free-spending, $360-million payroll outfit owned by zillionaire financier Steve Cohen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Occasionally she posts a “snapshot” of herself posed alongside it and a neon-orange G-Wagon owned by her zillionaire half sister Kylie Jenner.
From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2021
Meanwhile, on HBO, Gad plays “visionary” zillionaire Herman Judd on “Avenue 5,” the tourists-stranded-in-space comedy from “Veep” auteur Armando Iannucci.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2020
"Yesterday David Koch of the zillionaire Koch brothers died .. of prostate cancer," Maher said during his opening monologue Friday.
From Fox News • Aug. 26, 2019
“Yesterday, David Koch, of the zillionaire Koch brothers, died of prostate cancer. I guess I’m going to have to reevaluate my low opinion of prostate cancer,” Maher said.
From Slate • Aug. 24, 2019
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