billionaire

[ bil-yuh-nair, bil-yuh-nair ]

noun
  1. a person who has assets worth a billion or more dollars, euros, etc.

Origin of billionaire

1
First recorded in 1855–60, Americanism;billion + -aire, on the model of millionaire

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British Dictionary definitions for billionaire

billionaire

/ (ˌbɪljəˈnɛə) /


noun
  1. a person whose assets are worth over a billion of the monetary units of his country

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