"milliardaire" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: milliardaires [plural]
Etymology: From French milliardaire (“milliardaire, billionaire”). Equivalent to milliard + -aire. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|milliardaire|t=milliardaire, billionaire}} French milliardaire (“milliardaire, billionaire”), {{af|en|milliard|-aire}} milliard + -aire Head templates: {{en-noun}} milliardaire (plural milliardaires)
  1. (rare) A billionaire; somebody whose wealth is greater than one milliard (10⁹) dollars, or other currency. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-milliardaire-en-noun-TFAUJ~TR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -aire

Inflected forms

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