multimillionaire

[ muhl-tee-mil-yuh-nair, muhl-tahy- ]

noun

1. a person who possesses a fortune that amounts to many millions of dollars, euros, etc.

multimillionaire

/ ˌmʌltɪˌmɪljəˈnɛə /

noun

1. a person with a fortune of several million pounds, dollars, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of multimillionaire¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; multi- + millionaire

Example Sentences

We pay lots of money for little conveniences and luxuries, which may be a fine strategy for a multimillionaire.

From Outside Online

Besieged with requests for free money, they denied being sudden multimillionaires.

From Washington Post

Jiang Zhuoer became a multimillionaire a few years ago by operating some of the most lucrative mines in China.

From Washington Post

Mintz became a multimillionaire and was a major supporter of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement and other Jewish causes.

From Washington Post

Of course, the stream access law has been challenged multiple times by those multimillionaires.

From Outside Online

But Bennett, a religious IDF commander and self-made multimillionaire, failed us miserably on two leadership issues.

From The Daily Beast

A former CIA officer and Air Force veteran, Dewhurst is a multimillionaire who swaggers on horseback.

From The Daily Beast

Brinker is an independently wealthy woman, due in part to a divorce from multimillionaire restaurateur Norman Brinker in 2003.

From The Daily Beast

Amis was a multimillionaire literary superstar, “the most influential writer of his generation” as he put it.

From The Daily Beast

For now, Palin is the accidental multimillionaire who positions herself as an ordinary hockey mom.

From The Daily Beast

But you are the only child of the American multimillionaire, 'Jemmes Ronadolf,' yes?

From Project Gutenberg

A multimillionaire as amiable as a clerk; a daughter who would have graced any court in Europe with her charm and elfin beauty.

From Project Gutenberg

There was not at that time, nor has there been since, any one who became a multimillionaire by the sale of telephone service.

From Project Gutenberg

I should have followed Mr. Blaffer's advice and gone in the oil business, and I would have been a multimillionaire today.

From Project Gutenberg

Beverly's daughter, and an American multimillionaire with a brilliant and lovely daughter also figure in the story.

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