Definition of millionaire
:a person whose wealth is estimated at a million or more (as of dollars or pounds)
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Unbeknownst to Sharon, Finian has stolen a pot of gold from a leprechaun, intending to bury it and become rich like the American millionaires.
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But the goal was the same: white men in charge, white women at their elbows. Systematically enforced poverty turning millionaires into billionaires.
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Fortunately, thanks to the eclipse, hopeful millionaires just might have the universe on their side this time around.
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There is always (at least) one property feature in each of these luxury real estate auction listings that the average non-millionaire has never heard of.
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These votes tend to play out as if the audience is participating in a game of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
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Dodi’s reputation as a millionaire playboy with a penchant for famous, attractive women caused quite a stir at home.
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Some of the 221-year-old find was imported by Robert Lenox, a New York millionaire who the Lenox Hill neighborhood is named for.
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According to Tsuru some of the bottles included Madeira produced for the personal use of millionaire wine importer Robert Lenox.
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Origin and Etymology of millionaire
French millionnaire, from million, from Middle French milion
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