Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Informal One having an immense, incalculable amount of wealth.
Wiktionary
- n. humorous An incredibly rich person.
Etymologies
- From zillion and modelled on millionaire (Wiktionary)
- zillion + (million)aire. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Hell, in those terms our zillionaire CEO class sounds like a great deal!”
Eric J. Weiner: Who's the Business Roundtable Trying to Fool?
“He's a major party nominee, a Member of Congress and the winner of a hotly contested primary over a self-financed zillionaire.”
“Virgin Galactic zillionaire Richard Branson is looking to turn space tourism into a leisure activity for the wealthy, whereas now it is simply a leisure activity for fellow zillionaires.”
SpaceShipTwo! « Haikasoru: Space Opera. Dark Fantasy. Hard Science.
“Compared to one out of six of my neighbors around the world, I am a water billionaire -- make that a zillionaire.”
The Huffington Post: Jonathan Lewis: I Am a Water Billionaire
“Mr. McCarry's hero—a Bill Gates-esque zillionaire named Henry Peel, who sets out to save a selected portion of humanity by building a space ark—turns out to be one of his most freakishly interesting creations.”
“If some Richard Branson-ite zillionaire starts carrying wealthy space-tourists to the rings of Saturn, is that really”
“Now you must also be a certifiable tech geek or a zillionaire to hire a team of tech geeks.”
The Huffington Post: Arielle Ford: Is It Just Too Much to Ask of an Author?
“So a zillionaire will commandeer an hour of prime time tonight to tell the world which team he will grace with his presence.”
“You know, the instrument played by Tiny Tim and at least two Beatles, and even mega-zillionaire Warren Buffett, along with thousands of fans around the world - that small four-stringed instrument thats been the butt of countless jokes and insults.”
“Those bills went nowhere, as even Democrats were too embarrassed to embrace such a blatant handout to the zillionaire likes of felons Dickie Scruggs, Mel Weiss and Bill Lerach.”
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abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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