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decamillionaire

decamillionaire noun: a person whose wealth amounts to ten million dollars (or other currency unit).

Noun

decamillionaire (plural decamillionaires)

  1. A person whose wealth amounts to ten million dollars (or other currency unit).
  2. (Nigeria) A Nigerian language with at least ten million speakers (namely Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba).
    • The three major languages (Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba) are called “Decamillionaires” and they serve as regional Lingua Franca.2013, Anthony Ayodele Olaoye, “The Role of Indigenous Languages in National Development: A Case Study of Nigerian Linguistic Situation”, in International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English...

Forms of decamillionaire

pluraldecamillionaires

Origin of decamillionaire

From deca- + millionaire.

Questions about decamillionaire

What does decamillionaire mean?
Decamillionaire means a person whose wealth amounts to ten million dollars (or other currency unit).
What part of speech is decamillionaire?
Decamillionaire is a noun.
What is the plural of decamillionaire?
The plural of decamillionaire is decamillionaires.

Words near decamillionaire in the dictionary

  1. decamillennia
  2. decamillennial
  3. decamillennium
  4. decamillenniums
  5. decamillion
  6. decamillionaire
  7. decamillionaires
  8. decamillions
  9. decamine
  10. decamired
  11. decamireds

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