"thousandaire" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: thousandaires [plural]
Etymology: 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 Categories (topical): People, Thousand Derived forms: multithousandaire, thousandairess

Inflected forms

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