Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person whose wealth amounts to at least a billion dollars, pounds, or the equivalent in other currency.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who possesses property worth a billion reckoned in standard coin of the country.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Somebody whose wealth is greater than one
billion (109) dollars, or other currency.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a very rich person whose material wealth is valued at more than a billion dollars
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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After a lifetime spent wearing the cowl – and a scowl that's made him the scourge of Gotham's madmen – the fictional billionaire is taking full responsibility for keeping the caped crusader financed to fight crime.
Batman Reveals Alter Ego In Final Comic Book Installment AP 2010
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After a lifetime spent wearing the cowl – and a scowl that's made him the scourge of Gotham's madmen – the fictional billionaire is taking full responsibility for keeping the caped crusader financed to fight crime.
Batman Reveals Alter Ego In Final Comic Book Installment The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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SAGAL: So our question is, Mayor Bloomberg, you are aware you are a billionaire, is this not true?
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After a lifetime spent wearing the cowl – and a scowl that's made him the scourge of Gotham's madmen – the fictional billionaire is taking full responsibility for keeping the caped crusader financed to fight crime.
Batman Reveals Alter Ego In Final Comic Book Installment AP 2010
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SAGAL: So our question is, Mayor Bloomberg, you are aware you are a billionaire, is this not true?
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SAGAL: So our question is, Mayor Bloomberg, you are aware you are a billionaire, is this not true?
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The world's youngest billionaire is now 26-year-old Dustin Moskovitz, who is 8 days younger than his former Harvard roommate and Facebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg.
America's Youngest Billionaires Luisa Kroll 2010
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The world's youngest billionaire is now 26-year-old Dustin Moskovitz, who is 8 days younger than his former Harvard roommate and Facebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg.
America's Youngest Billionaires Forbes staff 2010
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SAGAL: So our question is, Mayor Bloomberg, you are aware you are a billionaire, is this not true?
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That's where the oil company that made Adams a billionaire is based.
'Not going anywhere': Titans still see future in Vince Young 2009
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