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tenthousandaire

tenthousandaire is the alternative form of ten-thousandaire.

Meaning of ten-thousandaire

Noun

ten-thousandaire (plural ten-thousandaires)

  1. A person whose net worth is at or greater than ten thousand units of the local currency.
    • I have only one good quality—overwhelming belief in the brains and hearts of our nation, our state, our town. It’s so strong that sometimes I do have a tiny effect on the haughty ten-thousandaires. I shake ’em up and make ’em believe in ideals—yes, in themselves.1920, Sinclair Lewis, chapter V, in Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC, section V, pages 65–66

Forms of tenthousandaire

pluraltenthousandaires

Questions about tenthousandaire

What is tenthousandaire the alternative form of?
Tenthousandaire is the alternative form of ten-thousandaire.

Words near tenthousandaire in the dictionary

  1. tenthly
  2. tenthmeter
  3. tenthmeters
  4. tenthmetre
  5. tenthmetres
  6. tenthousandaire
  7. tenthousandaires
  8. tenthousandfold
  9. tenthousandth
  10. tenthousandths
  11. tenthredinid

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