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millionaires

[mil-yuh-nair] Origin

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; < French millionnaire, equivalent to million million + -aire -ary

mil·lion·aire·dom, noun
non·mil·lion·aire, noun
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Word Origin & History

millionaire
1826, from Fr. millionnaire (1762); see million. The first in America is said to have been John Jacob Astor (1763-1848).
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