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hectomillionaire

hectomillionaire noun: a person whose wealth amounts to 100 million dollars (or other currency unit).

Noun

hectomillionaire (plural hectomillionaires)

  1. (rare) A person whose wealth amounts to 100 million dollars (or other currency unit).
    • There are, of course, many less idealistic conservatives: the millionaires and hectomillionaires who support conservatism in the hope that it will keep their taxes down and their profits up; […]1981, Wilmot Robertson [pseudonym; John Humphrey Ireland], “Conservatism Redefined”, in The Dispossessed Majority, 3rd edition, Cape Canaveral, Fla.: Howard Allen Enterprises, Inc., →OCLC, part VI...
    • The largest private donor was apparently Eric Ertman, husband of Margaret Behn, the heiress daughter of the late hectomillionaire Sosthenes Behn, founder of International Telephone and Telegraph (ITT).1983 December, “[Stirrings] Rare Chance for Truthful Writers”, in Wilmot Robertson [pseudonym; John Humphrey Ireland], editor, Instauration, volume 9, number 1, Cape Canaveral, Fla.: Howard Allen...

Examples of hectomillionaire in a sentence

  • The most recent issue stooped to put mere deca- and hectomillionaires, including Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan, on the cover.1998 August 21–27, Tom Scocca, “Platinum for the People”, in Peter Kadzis, editor, The Boston Phoenix, volume XXVII, number 34, Boston...
  • There, the hectomillionaires meet to discuss new business ventures, many involving exclusive monopolies from mineral-rich nation states.” […] “We have 20 people around the world.2002, Dennis E[lliott] Shasha, “The Richest of Them All”, in Dr. Ecco’s Cyberpuzzles: 36 Puzzles for Hackers and Other Mathematical...
  • Rich’s financial schemes became the model for many of the later Soviet “reformers,” who eventually squeezed him out and went on to become the hectomillionaire and billionaire oligarchs we know today.2004 January/February, Robert Logan, “Boris Yeltsin’s Market Bolshevism”, in The Barnes Review, volume X, number 1, Washington, D.C....
  • Why on earth has the bearded and becardiganed hectomillionaire chosen to submit himself to playing the game at such a small level?2010 May 21, Duff McDonald, “Jon Corzine: Glutton for punishment”, in CNN Money, archived from the original on 25 May 2010:

Synonyms of hectomillionaire

Forms of hectomillionaire

pluralhectomillionaires

Origin of hectomillionaire

From hecto- + millionaire.

Questions about hectomillionaire

What does hectomillionaire mean?
Hectomillionaire means a person whose wealth amounts to 100 million dollars (or other currency unit).
How do you use hectomillionaire in a sentence?
The most recent issue stooped to put mere deca- and hectomillionaires, including Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan, on the cover.
What part of speech is hectomillionaire?
Hectomillionaire is a noun.
What is the plural of hectomillionaire?
The plural of hectomillionaire is hectomillionaires.

Words near hectomillionaire in the dictionary

  1. hectometers
  2. hectometre
  3. hectometres
  4. hectometric
  5. hectomillion
  6. hectomillionaire
  7. hectomillionaires
  8. hectomillions
  9. hectopascal
  10. hectopsyllid
  11. hectopsyllids

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