milliardaire

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noun

A billionaire; somebody whose wealth is greater than one milliard (10⁹) dollars, or other currency.

OriginFrench milliardaire →
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Meanings

nounmilliardaire (plural milliardaires)

plural milliardaires

  1. rareA billionaire; somebody whose wealth is greater than one milliard (10⁹) dollars, or other currency.

    You can often read in the Sunday papers and magazines, and the speeches of successful men, that it is only by working extra hard without extra pay that a factory hand can show the ambition, energy, and drive that will make him a Managing Director or a milliardaire.

    1934, B. Traven, The Death Ship: The Story of an American Sailor, London: Chatto & Windus, page 143

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
billionaire

Origin

  1. Frenchmilliardaire“milliardaire, billionaire”
  2. Englishmilliardaire

From French milliardaire (“milliardaire, billionaire”). Equivalent to milliard + -aire.

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APA

milliardaire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milliardaire

MLA

“milliardaire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milliardaire. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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