millionaire

or mil·lion·naire

[ mil-yuh-nair ]

noun
  1. a person whose wealth amounts to a million or more in some unit of currency, as dollars.

  2. any very rich person.

Origin of millionaire

1
1820–30; <French millionnaire, equivalent to millionmillion + -aire-ary

Other words from millionaire

  • mil·lion·aire·dom, noun
  • non·mil·lion·aire, noun

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How to use millionaire in a sentence

  • "They said at Ritz's that he was one of the young millionaires, well known already in America," the fat woman reflected aloud.

  • I know of one such club in which almost all the members are millionaires.

  • The homes of the millionaires are disguised as churches, as mosques, as medieval castles.

    American Sketches | Charles Whibley
  • This, then, is the tragedy of the American multi-millionaires.

    American Sketches | Charles Whibley
  • Of all millionaires, Mr Carnegie is at once the least picturesque and the most dangerous.

    American Sketches | Charles Whibley

British Dictionary definitions for millionaire

millionaire

millionnaire

/ (ˌmɪljəˈnɛə) /


noun
  1. 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

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