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millionary, a. and n.|ˈmɪljənərɪ|
[f. million + -ary, after F. millionnaire: see millionaire.]
A. adj.
1. Possessing millions (of money).
1816Jefferson Writ. (1830) IV. 284 All this to feed the avidity of a few millionary merchants. 1897Kipling Capt. Cour. 230 He had a dread that these millionary people..might take undue interest in his companion.
2. Pertaining to or consisting of millions (Pinkerton, cited by Webster 1864).
B. n. = millionaire.
1834Fraser's Mag. IX. 116 And sighs—the millionary sighs—for more. 1835Mrs. Gore Mammon II. 81 Fortunately for the new millionary, his wife, like the spouse of John Gilpin, possessed a frugal mind. 1873M. Collins Squire Silchester II. vi. 70 Could not some English millionary give a few hundred thousands to endow such an institution? |