"hundred-thousandaire" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hundred-thousandaires [plural]
Etymology: From hundred thousand + -aire. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hundred thousand|aire}} hundred thousand + -aire Head templates: {{en-noun}} hundred-thousandaire (plural hundred-thousandaires)
  1. A person whose net worth is at or greater than one hundred thousand units of the local currency. Related terms: ten-thousandaire, thousandaire
    Sense id: en-hundred-thousandaire-en-noun-HB9pk1i8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -aire, Pages with 1 entry

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          "text": "Worst of all, countless millions of American children suffer from insecure financial futures and hear their parents crying out in their sleep from hideous nightmares because of the horrific collapse of the Internet stocks in April 2000 and after. So many billionaires became only millionaires. So many millionaires dropped to only hundred-thousandaires overnight.",
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