zillionaire
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of zillionaire
First recorded in 1945–50; zillion + (million)aire
Example Sentences
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Except for publicly traded securities, it’s very difficult to figure out what a zillionaire’s assets are worth.
From Washington Post
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
If Palm Beach was once a sleepy winter resort of the moneyed Eastern elite, it is now a kind of “zillionaire bedlam,” Mr. Stolman said.
From New York Times
A much-hyped wave of tech IPOs was supposed to mint a whole new set of San Francisco tech zillionaires.
From Los Angeles Times
For years the venture capitalist Nick Hanauer has been warning his “fellow zillionaires” that “the pitchforks are coming for us.”
From New York Times
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