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mil⋅lion⋅aire

[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.
Also, mil⋅lion⋅naire.


Origin:
1820–30; < F millionnaire, equiv. to million million + -aire -ary


mil⋅lion⋅aire⋅dom, noun
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mil·lion·aire   (mĭl'yə-nâr')   
n.  A person whose wealth amounts to at least a million dollars, pounds, or the equivalent in other currency.

[French millionnaire, from million, million, from Old French milion; see million.]
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