"thousandaire" meaning in All languages combined

See thousandaire on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: thousandaires [plural]
Etymology: From thousand + -aire. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|thousand|aire}} thousand + -aire Head templates: {{en-noun}} thousandaire (plural thousandaires)
  1. (humorous) Somebody whose wealth is greater than one thousand units of the local currency. Tags: humorous
    Sense id: en-thousandaire-en-noun-8Y5fr2Jv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -aire, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Thousand Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -aire: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23 Disambiguation of Thousand: 90 10
  2. (derogatory) An ersatz millionaire, a label for a person claiming millionaire status whose networth is less than a million. Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-thousandaire-en-noun-vab8i8l8 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -aire Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -aire: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hundred-thousandaire, multithousandaire, ten-thousandaire, thousandairess Related terms: hundredaire
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

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