multimillionaire

noun

mul·​ti·​mil·​lion·​aire ˌməl-tē-ˌmi(l)-yə-ˈner How to pronounce multimillionaire (audio)
-ˌtī-,
-ˈmi(l)-yə-ˌner
variants or less commonly multi-millionaire
plural multimillionaires also multi-millionaires
: a person whose wealth amounts to many millions (as of dollars or pounds)
… she has exhibited a sharp business brain, and is now a multimillionaire.Jessamy Calkin
the company's multimillionaire owner/founder
a multimillionaire sports/rock/movie star

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Our boat captain explained that most of these mansions are wintertime vacation homes (second-, third- or tenth-homes) owned by multimillionaires and CEOs. Amy Bentley, Oc Register, 23 July 2025 Lamont, a Greenwich multimillionaire who funds his owns campaigns, has opposed tax increases for the past seven years as the state has rolled up large budget surpluses. Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2025 The day before the town hall, the Nebraska Republican senator Pete Ricketts, a multimillionaire whose family owns the Chicago Cubs, had ventured to hold a town hall in Kearney, home to a campus of the University of Nebraska—a rare exception to his party’s policy of lying low. Andrew Cockburn, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025 The jury heard from 34 witnesses over around seven weeks of testimony, who alleged that the disgraced multimillionaire rap producer ran his empire with an iron fist, exploiting women and terrorizing anyone who crossed him. Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for multimillionaire

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First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of multimillionaire was in 1858

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“Multimillionaire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multimillionaire. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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multimillionaire

noun
mul·​ti·​mil·​lion·​aire
ˌməl-ti-ˌmil-yə-ˈna(ə)r,
-ˌtī-,
-ˈne(ə)r,
-ˈmil-yə-ˌna(ə)r,
-ˌne(ə)r
: a person whose wealth is estimated at several millions (as of dollars)

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