"decamillionaire" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: decamillionaires [plural]
Etymology: From deca- + millionaire. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|deca|millionaire}} deca- + millionaire Head templates: {{en-noun}} decamillionaire (plural decamillionaires)
  1. A person whose wealth amounts to ten million dollars (or other currency unit).
    Sense id: en-decamillionaire-en-noun-EV09yQfC
  2. (Nigeria) A Nigerian language with at least ten million speakers (namely Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba). Tags: Nigeria
    Sense id: en-decamillionaire-en-noun-Zx-sprMw Categories (other): Nigerian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with deca-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with deca-: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: centimillionaire, decabillionaire, decamillion

Inflected forms

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