millionaire

noun

mil·​lion·​aire ˌmi(l)-yə-ˈner 

ˈmi(l)-yə-ˌner

: a person whose wealth is estimated at a million or more (as of dollars or pounds)

Examples of millionaire in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Even the young people hustling door-to-door in the Sunshine State, shilling solar panels in a desperate bid to become millionaires by 30, are, well, men. —Katie Drummond, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025

Photos by Miranda Barnes Thirty-eight miles north of Cleveland is Clarksdale, which once claimed to be home to a greater proportion of millionaires than any other U.S. city. —Emma John, AFAR Media, 7 Jan. 2025

One of the big tropes in fast food is that Ray Kroc, the head honcho of McDonald’s, made more millionaires than anyone else in America. —Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025

Moore himself is a millionaire, with a particularly large investment in a company that specializes in marijuana products, a growth industry in Maryland and elsewhere. —Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

French millionnaire, from million, from Middle French milion

First Known Use

1786, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing millionaire

• multi-millionaire

Kids Definition

millionaire

noun

mil·​lion·​aire ˌmil-yə-ˈna(ə)r 

-ˈne(ə)r,

ˈmil-yə-ˌna(ə)r,

-ˌne(ə)r

: one whose wealth is estimated at a million or more (as of dollars)